Welcome to mrakbook
Welcome to mrakbook – my online home for everything I build and learn, including software projects, media experiments, news, tutorials, and the occasional opinion.
I'm Boris Karaoglanov, a developer based in California with over 15 years of experience in tech. I started working with computer systems in 1999, tinkering in both Linux and Windows environments.
Experience
Over the years I've worn many hats and continually learned new skills. I've been fortunate to contribute to small startups that were ultimately acquired by major tech companies.
Focus
Today, my focus is on DevSecOps and platform engineering. I'm passionate about creating secure, self-service platforms that remove bottlenecks for developers.
Philosophy
On mrakbook you'll find practical write-ups, code snippets, and experiments – real-world lessons learned from shipping software and running systems.
Welcome to mrakbook
Welcome to mrakbook – my online home for everything I build and learn, including software projects, media experiments, news, tutorials, and the occasional opinion.
I'm Boris Karaoglanov, a developer based in California with over 15 years of experience in tech. I started working with computer systems in 1999, tinkering in both Linux and Windows environments.
Experience
Over the years I've worn many hats and continually learned new skills. I've been fortunate to contribute to small startups that were ultimately acquired by major tech companies.
Focus
Today, my focus is on DevSecOps and platform engineering. I'm passionate about creating secure, self-service platforms that remove bottlenecks for developers.
Philosophy
On mrakbook you'll find practical write-ups, code snippets, and experiments – real-world lessons learned from shipping software and running systems.
Projects
Tools I've built to solve real problems in DevSecOps, code analysis, and automation. Each project is open source and designed to make developers' lives easier.
Whyx
Intelligent code exploration tool that indexes Python codebases to build static call graphs and trace running code.
Legends
Simulate historical Git activity with automated backdated commits, branches, and merges for demos and training.
TeleGrammetrics
First-class analytics and moderation for Telegram bots with message logging and usage statistics.
RoboUsr
Self-hosted AI Telegram userbot powered by local language models. Respond in chat without external APIs.
Whyx
Intelligent code exploration tool that indexes Python codebases to build static call graphs and trace running code.
Legends
Simulate historical Git activity with automated backdated commits, branches, and merges for demos and training.
TeleGrammetrics
First-class analytics and moderation for Telegram bots with message logging and usage statistics.
RoboUsr
Self-hosted AI Telegram userbot powered by local language models. Respond in chat without external APIs.
DevSecOps & Platform Engineering
Building secure, self-service platforms that empower developers and make security compliance straightforward. Automating infrastructure, integrating security at every layer, and removing bottlenecks.
Platform Engineering
Building internal developer platforms (IDPs) with security, observability, and automation baked in from day one.
- ▸Self-service infrastructure provisioning
- ▸GitOps workflows and automation
- ▸Kubernetes orchestration & scaling
DevSecOps
Integrating security into every stage of the development lifecycle without slowing teams down.
- ▸Automated security scanning in CI/CD
- ▸Vulnerability management & remediation
- ▸Compliance automation & policy as code
Infrastructure Security
Hardening cloud infrastructure with zero-trust principles, encryption, and proactive threat detection.
- ▸Zero-trust network architecture
- ▸Secrets management & rotation
- ▸Infrastructure monitoring & alerting
CI/CD Pipelines
Designing robust deployment pipelines with automated testing, security gates, and rollback strategies.
- ▸Multi-stage deployment strategies
- ▸Automated testing & quality gates
- ▸Blue-green & canary deployments
Cloud Native
Architecting scalable, resilient systems using containers, microservices, and cloud-native patterns.
- ▸Containerization with Docker & OCI
- ▸Service mesh & microservices
- ▸Serverless & event-driven architecture
Observability
Building comprehensive monitoring, logging, and tracing systems for real-time insights and proactive issue resolution.
- ▸Distributed tracing & APM
- ▸Centralized logging & analytics
- ▸Real-time alerting & incident response
Tools & Technologies
Let's build something together
Interested in DevSecOps, platform engineering, or just want to chat about software? I'd love to hear from you.