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# 👋 Hi, I'm Nikolai — Connected Systems Developer & Security Researcher

Building IoT products end-to-end and finding where they break before attackers do.

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## 🔌 What I Do

I design, build, and audit **connected systems** — the full stack from microcontroller firmware to cloud backend to mobile app. My edge is understanding the entire system at once: how it's assembled, how it communicates, and where it's vulnerable.

Three things I do well:

**Build** — ESP32 firmware, FastAPI backends, Flutter apps, MQTT infrastructure. Full-cycle IoT product development from schematic to production.

**Connect** — Cloud integrations, Home Assistant, Node-RED automation, AI layers where they genuinely add value (not as a buzzword).

**Secure** — Firmware analysis, IoT infrastructure pentesting, AI security audits. I find vulnerabilities before someone else does.

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## 🏆 Commercial Work

### 🌿 Lephrone H01 — Smart Aroma Diffuser (US Client)
IoT product built from scratch: ESP32-S3 firmware, Flutter mobile app, cloud backend with OTA updates. Full technical documentation including threat modeling and security architecture.

`ESP32-S3` `ESP-IDF` `FreeRTOS` `Flutter` `FastAPI` `MQTT` `AWS IoT`

### 🔐 Backend Pentest Reports (×2 commercial projects)
Full-cycle security assessments for real production systems. 10+ documents of structured findings — vulnerabilities, severity ratings, remediation plans. Critical API and infrastructure issues identified and closed before exploitation.

`Burp Suite` `nmap` `Wireshark` `OWASP` `REST API security`

### 🧠 Enterprise RAG System (Logistics)
Knowledge base bot for auto repair shop: vector search over 1C database and unstructured docs. 3x faster issue resolution for technicians.

`Python` `ChromaDB` `LangChain` `FastAPI` `Telegram Bot API`

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## 🛠 Tech Stack

**Embedded & Hardware**
ESP32 · ESP-IDF · FreeRTOS · MicroPython · KiCad · Ghidra

**Backend & Infrastructure**
Python · FastAPI · MQTT (Mosquitto) · Docker · PostgreSQL · Redis · Ubuntu Server

**Mobile**
Flutter · Dart

**Security**
Burp Suite · Wireshark · nmap · Ghidra · Firmware analysis · OWASP IoT Top 10 · Prompt injection · AI red-teaming

**Automation & Monitoring**
Home Assistant · Node-RED · InfluxDB · Grafana · Tuya IoT

**AI & LLM**
OpenAI · Claude · LangChain · RAG · Vector search · LLM-accelerated development

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## 💡 My Methodology

I use LLMs as acceleration — not as replacement for thinking. For firmware, security research, and system architecture, there's no shortcut: the work requires genuine reasoning. LLMs handle the scaffolding; I handle the decisions that matter.

This is why I moved into IoT security specifically: it's one of the few domains where you can't fake competence. Either the system holds or it doesn't.

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## 📝 Writing & Research

I publish on connected systems, security, and the technology transition we're living through:

- **Habr** — Technical deep-dives in Russian (photo archive classification system, LLM-driven development methodology, IoT architecture)
- **CyberCore (Telegram)** — `@CoreEuler` — Philosophical and technical takes on how the world is becoming computational

I believe the gap between people who understand connected systems and people who live inside them is the defining security vulnerability of this decade. I write to close that gap.

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## 📊 By the Numbers

- 🔌 1 commercial IoT product shipped (US client, full cycle)
- 🔐 2 commercial pentest engagements with full documentation
- 📄 10+ security assessment documents written
- ⚡ LLM-accelerated development: prototypes in days, not weeks
- 💼 Average project value: $800–3000

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## 🎯 Current Focus

Building expertise at the intersection of:
- **IoT Security** — firmware analysis, protocol security, infrastructure hardening
- **AI Security** — LLM integration audits, prompt injection, red-teaming AI-powered products
- **Connected Systems Architecture** — designing systems that are both functional and defensible from day one

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## 🤝 Open to

- IoT product development (firmware → backend → app)
- Security audits of connected systems and IoT infrastructure
- AI integration security reviews
- Technical writing and research collaboration

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## 🌱 Background

Self-taught developer. Former logistics analyst. Built my own LLM-accelerated development methodology before "vibe coding" became a term — documented it on GitHub and Habr. Transitioned from AI/automation freelancing into connected systems and security because that's where the work still requires thinking.

Based in Russia. Working with global clients.

**Philosophy:** The world is accelerating faster than people can adapt. The gap between those who understand connected systems and those who don't is growing — and that gap is dangerous. I build things that work, find where they break, and write about what I learn.