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mdzoul/README.md

Hi there, I'm Zoul 👋 (@mdzoul)

Systems & Infrastructure Enthusiast • Biomedical Engineering Student
Homelab Architecture • Hardware Revival • Network Systems & Automation • Digital Sovereignty


⚡ What I Build & Explore

  • 🏠 Homelab Architecture & Digital Sovereignty: Building self-hosted micro-services on Proxmox VE 8, Tailscale mesh routing to bypass CGNAT, AdGuard Home DNS, and private Gitea version control.
  • ♻️ Hardware Revival & Embedded Sideloading: Breathing second lives into legacy parts and appliances—from converting laptops into dedicated Batocera retro-consoles to sideloading homebrew streaming suites onto Samsung Tizen Smart TVs with SDB and partner certificates.
  • 🔍 Network Systems & Observability: Analyzing packet flows with Wireshark/Tshark, socket programming in Python, and system observability across Linux and Windows environments.
  • 🧬 Biomedical Engineering (BSc Hons, SUSS): Applying computational mechanics, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), clinical robotics fundamentals, and scientific data analytics.

🛠️ Technical Arsenal

Domain Technologies & Tooling
Operating Systems & Hypervisors Arch Linux (Omarchy / Hyprland), Debian, Proxmox VE 8, Batocera, Tizen OS, Windows
Networking & Self-Hosted Infra Tailscale Mesh, Docker Containers, AdGuard Home, Gitea, Wireshark, Nginx
Languages & Scripting Python, Bash, C / C++, R, JavaScript / TypeScript / HTML / CSS
Terminal & Toolchain Neovim, Tmux, Starship, Astro, Git, lazygit

🌟 Featured Projects

Samsung Tizen Toolkit Batocera Hardware Revival Fly Within Budget


📊 GitHub Analytics

Zoul's GitHub Stats

Reviving hardware & reclaiming digital sovereignty. Self-hosted on Gitea • Mirrored to GitHub.

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  1. batocera-hardware-revival batocera-hardware-revival Public

    Reviving legacy laptops into decoupled retro consoles with Batocera, Sunshine/Moonlight TV streaming, and Tailscale roaming.

    Shell

  2. samsung-tizen-toolkit samsung-tizen-toolkit Public

    📺 Field manual, reverse-engineering toolkit, and helper scripts for inspecting, modifying, and sideloading applications onto Samsung Tizen Smart TVs.

    Shell

  3. Fly-Within-Budget Fly-Within-Budget Public archive

    FWB (Fly Within Budget) v1.0.0

    Python 4