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Lugano · Switzerland · USI Economics student
Pietro
Quintavalle
Systems Engineer · Developer · Homelabber

Economics models incentives under constraints; infrastructure models constraints under load I like sitting where those two disciplines overlap.

5+ years building production-grade infrastructure from the ground up. I design resilient systems and write the software that runs on top of them then secure and monitor all of it myself.

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90%+ uptime
Production servers
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4 servers
Under management
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5+ years
SysAdmin experience
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BSc Economics
USI · Ongoing
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IT · EN · DE · ES · NO
5 languages
quinta@server:~
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OS Proxmox VE 8 / UNRAID 7.3.1 / TrueNAS
Virt LXC · Docker · KVM
DNS Cloudflare · AAAA · AdGuard
Tunnels Cloudflare Tunnel · Newt
Proxy Pangolin + Traefik + Auto-TLS
Security Fail2Ban · Crowdsec · Authelia
Storage UNRAID parity · TrueNAS ZFS RAID 10
Media Jellyfin · Navidrome · *arr
Music Listenbrainz · Symfonium
Monitor Grafana · Prometheus · Kuma
Code Python · TypeScript · SQL
Status Open for work ●
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About me

Hi friends call me Quinta. I’m an Economics student at USI Lugano and a self-taught systems engineer who’s been running homelab infrastructure since 2020.

My setup spans everything from bare-metal Proxmox clusters to DNS and domain management via Cloudflare, Pangolin/Traefik reverse proxying, and a full media+music automation pipeline.

On the academic side I’m deepening my understanding of microeconomics, macroeconomics, game theory, and quantitative finance and finding more overlap with systems thinking than you’d expect.

Daily driver Ryzen 7 9800X3D · RTX 5080 · hand-built custom keyboard

Technical Arsenal
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System & Infra
Proxmox VEUNRAIDTrueNASDockerLXCKVMLinuxWin ServerAD
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Network & Security
VLANCloudflareAAAA/DNSCF TunnelsTailscaleFail2BanCrowdsecUFWAutheliaTraefik
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Development
PythonTypeScriptReactNext.jsDjangoSQLBashAnsibleHTML/CSSSoldering
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Data & Monitoring
GrafanaPrometheusUptime KumaZFSrsyncRAIDcAdvisor
Economics & Quant
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Microeconomics
Consumer theoryMarket structuresProduction & costsPrice theoryWelfare econ.
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Macroeconomics
GDP & growthMonetary policyFiscal policyIS-LM modelOpen economy
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Game Theory
Nash equilibriumDominant strategiesExtensive formMechanism designAuctions
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Quantitative Finance
Time value of moneyProbabilityStatisticsRegressionFinancial modelling
Certifications
🎓 Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
🎓 Google IT Support Professional Certificate
🎓 Microsoft Foundations of IT Systems, Networking & Data Protection
Homelab Infrastructure

Every service containerised, every entry-point proxied, every failure logged. Domain management via Cloudflare with AAAA records and tunnels. Built to enterprise patterns at personal scale.

Hardware
ComponentUNRAID ServerProxmox Node
CPUIntel Core Ultra 5 225Intel Core i7-8700
RAM48GB DDR5 5600MHz32GB DDR4
Storage4× HDD parity array + NVMe cacheSSD (OS) + SATA pool
Network1Gbps LAN · VLANs1Gbps LAN · VLANs
OSUNRAID 7.3.1Proxmox VE 8
AccessPangolin + TraefikTailscale + SSH
FocusIdle power efficiency · perf/wattVirtualisation · LXC
Services & Stack
💾UNRAID NAS
Parity-protected array hosting 9-user network shares, Docker Appdata, automated backups. Acts as the central file hub for all services via SMB/NFS.
UNRAID 7.3.1Parity arrayNVMe cache9 usersrsyncSMB/NFS
🌎DNS & Cloudflare
Domain managed through Cloudflare with AAAA records for IPv6, Cloudflare Tunnels for zero-open-port external access, and AdGuard Home for internal DNS resolution and ad-blocking.
CloudflareAAAA recordsCF TunnelsAdGuard HomeSplit DNSDNSSEC
🔀Pangolin + Traefik
Pangolin (Traefik-based) handles all inbound HTTPS with automatic TLS, subdomain routing, and middleware. Newt tunnel enables access without exposing raw ports. Authelia adds SSO/2FA.
PangolinTraefikAuto-TLSNewt tunnelAutheliaMiddleware
🛡Fail2Ban + Security
Fail2Ban monitors SSH and auth logs, auto-banning brute-force IPs. Crowdsec adds community threat intelligence with real-time blocklist sync. UFW provides host-level firewall rules on each node.
Fail2BanCrowdsecUFWiptablesSSH hardeningAuthelia
🎬Jellyfin + Media
Jellyfin handles hardware-transcoded streaming with per-user OAuth authentication and Authelia SSO. Sonarr/Radarr auto-manage TV and film libraries; Bazarr handles subtitles; Prowlarr indexes trackers.
JellyfinHW transcodeOAuthSonarrRadarrBazarrProwlarr
🎵Music Pipeline
Lidarr monitors for releases → Prowlarr indexes → Beets normalises tags → Navidrome streams via Subsonic API. Scrobbling to Listenbrainz. Mobile playback via Symfonium and Explo apps.
NavidromeLidarrProwlarrBeetsListenbrainzSymfoniumExplo
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Zero open ports via Tailscale + Cloudflare Tunnels
All services reachable remotely through a combination of Tailscale mesh VPN (for trusted devices) and Cloudflare Tunnels (for public-facing services). No port-forwarding. MagicDNS handles internal name resolution. Pangolin’s Newt agent tunnels external traffic into the private LAN.
Personal Workstation

Daily driver and dev machine. Built around AMD’s 3D V-Cache architecture for a blend of high single-threaded performance and serious GPU compute doubles as a gaming rig, 3D modelling workstation, and 3D printing controller.

ComponentSpec
CPUAMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (8c/16t · 3D V-Cache)
GPUZotac RTX 5080 Solid OC
RAM32GB DDR5 6000MHz
MotherboardGigabyte X870E AORUS PRO X3D ICE
OSCachyOS
RoleDev · Gaming · 3D Modelling · 3D Printing · Daily Driver
KeyboardWeikav Stars 75 · Huano Sakura switches (hand-lubed, custom assembly)
⚡AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Zen 5 architecture with 96MB 3D V-Cache. Exceptional single-thread and gaming performance, with low-latency cache access ideal for simulation and data-heavy workloads.
Zen 58c / 16t96MB L3 3D V-Cache5.0GHz boost
🎮Zotac RTX 5080 Solid OC
Blackwell architecture. 16GB GDDR7, hardware ray tracing, DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation. Used for gaming, 3D rendering, and GPU-accelerated dev and compute tasks.
Blackwell16GB GDDR7DLSS 4MFGCUDARay Tracing
🔌X870E AORUS PRO X3D ICE
Gigabyte X870E flagship board with PCIe 5.0, USB4, and optimised X3D power delivery. Supports DDR5 6000MHz XMP out-of-the-box. White aesthetic matches the build’s ICE theme.
X870EPCIe 5.0USB4DDR5 6000WiFi 7
⌨Weikav Stars 75
Fully custom 75% aluminium keyboard hand-lubed Huano Sakura tactile switches, gasket mount, per-key RGB, 1000Hz polling. Full assembly and switch tuning done from scratch.
75% layoutHuano SakuraTactileHand-lubedGasket mountAluminium1000Hz
Personal & Client Projects
● Live
Professional Client
Enterprise Proxmox Cluster
Full single-node virtualisation with VLAN segmentation, Pangolin/Traefik reverse proxy, Cloudflare Tunnels, and centralised Grafana/Prometheus monitoring. 90%+ uptime maintained.
ProxmoxDockerLXCTraefikTailscale
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Professional Client
9-User RAID 10 NAS
TrueNAS on RAID 10 serving as a self-hosted cloud for 9 users. Per-user ACLs, automated rsync offsite backups, ZFS snapshots for instant point-in-time recovery.
TrueNASRAID 10ZFSrsyncACLs
↗ Open Source
Personal Project
Valgo Algorithm Visualizer
Step-by-step algorithm visualisation built with React and Next.js. Sorting, graph, and search algorithms with live code annotations and speed controls.
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind
◐ In Dev
Personal Project
Finance Tracker
50/30/20 budgeting tool with Django backend, SQLite, and Chart.js dashboards. Monthly trend analysis, category breakdowns, and exportable reports.
DjangoPythonSQLiteChart.js
● Live
Personal Homelab
Self-Hosted Stack (IaC)
Entire homelab reproduced from code Ansible playbooks, Docker Compose, and Bash scripts. Idempotent provisioning; full rebuild in under 30 minutes from scratch.
AnsibleComposeBashIaC
↗ Open Source
Personal Project
re-soulcommand
Music recommendation downloader integrating ListenBrainz and Last.fm playlists with Navidrome via slskd (Soulseek daemon). Fork rebuilt around a REST API backend stripped of bloat, Docker-native.
PythonDockerListenBrainzLast.fmslskdNavidrome
● Live
Personal Homelab
Ainulindale Music Stack
Fully self-hosted music discovery and streaming platform. Auto-discovers music weekly from listening habits, downloads via Soulseek P2P through a VPN gateway, streams via Navidrome. No commercial services required.
DockerNavidromeslskdGluetunListenBrainzProtonVPN
● Live
Personal Homelab
UNRAID Home Server
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 build running UNRAID 7.3.1 as primary NAS, Docker host, and media stack. Parity-protected array with NVMe cache, 9-user SMB/NFS shares, and all homelab services containerised.
UNRAID 7.3.1DockerParity Array48GB DDR5SMB/NFS
● Live
Personal Homelab
Proxmox Virtualisation Node
Intel Core i7-8700 node running Proxmox VE 8 for LXC containers and KVM VMs. VLAN-segmented network, Tailscale + SSH access, acts as the compute backbone for all hosted services.
Proxmox VE 8LXCKVMTailscaleVLAN32GB DDR4
↗ Open Source · ★ 26
Personal Project
ObsidianSetup
Cross-platform utility script that makes installing Obsidian and its plugins consistent across devices PowerShell and Bash installers driven by a single plugins.json manifest.
PowerShellBashObsidianAutomation
↗ Open Source
Academic Project
Boston Housing Price Prediction
Probability & Statistics coursework at USI built and evaluated regression models on the classic Boston housing dataset to predict median home values from neighbourhood features.
Pythonscikit-learnRegressionJupyterStatistics
◐ In Dev
Personal Project
Dispatch
Modern self hostable RSS reader and aggregator that you can use however you want
VitejsDockerRSS

More projects at github.com/Quinta0 ↗

GitHub Contributions & Issues
Quinta0/re-soulcommand
Music recommendation downloader ListenBrainz & Last.fm playlists into Navidrome via slskd. Author & maintainer.
Python↗ repo
Quinta0/Ainulindale
Self-hosted music discovery & streaming stack auto-discovery, Soulseek P2P download via VPN, Navidrome streaming. Author & maintainer.
Shell↗ repo
Quinta0/Nargothrond
Documentation for full homelab provisioning.
Hardware↗ repo
Quinta0/ObsidianSetup
Cross-platform Obsidian + plugin installer, driven by a shared plugins.json manifest. Author & maintainer.
★ 26PowerShell↗ repo
Quinta0/BostonHousing
Probability & Statistics coursework at USI regression models predicting Boston-area housing prices.
Jupyter↗ repo
Experience

End-to-end IT infrastructure for private and business clients in Ticino.

  • Delivered and maintained 4 production servers at 90%+ uptime using containerisation, IaC, and automated monitoring all without managed hosting.
  • Eliminated public exposure across all client servers by routing every external entry-point through Cloudflare Tunnels and Pangolin/Traefik zero open ports, DNSSEC enforced, split-DNS via AdGuard Home.
  • Pangolin + Traefik reverse proxy with Authelia SSO, automatic TLS, and Newt tunnelling.
  • Fail2Ban + Crowdsec intrusion detection; UFW + iptables firewall rules across all nodes.
  • Reduced storage recovery time to under 30 minutes with ZFS snapshots on the TrueNAS RAID 10 array and automated rsync offsite backups across all storage nodes.
  • Music pipeline: Lidarr → Prowlarr → Beets → Navidrome + Listenbrainz scrobbling + Symfonium/Explo mobile.
  • Windows Server: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Disaster Recovery planning.
Education

Ongoing bachelor’s focusing on rigorous theory and quantitative methods.

  • Microeconomics consumer and producer theory, market structures (perfect competition, oligopoly, monopoly), welfare economics, externalities.
  • Macroeconomics GDP and growth models, IS-LM, monetary and fiscal policy, open economy models, inflation and unemployment dynamics.
  • Game Theory Nash equilibrium, dominant strategies, extensive and normal form games, mechanism design, auction theory, repeated games.
  • Quantitative Finance & Statistics probability theory, statistical inference, regression analysis, time series, financial modelling, portfolio theory basics.
  • Accounting, Statistics, and Quantitative Methods for economic analysis.
Game TheoryMicroeconomicsMacroeconomicsQuantitative FinanceStatisticsFinancial ModellingIS-LMNash Equilibrium

Two years of rigorous computer science foundations before transitioning to Economics.

  • Software Engineering agile methodologies, requirements engineering, UML modelling, design patterns, and testing practices.
  • Data Structures & Algorithms complexity analysis (Big-O), arrays, linked lists, trees, graphs, and sorting and searching algorithms.
  • Object-Oriented Programming Java and C++ with inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and SOLID principles.
  • Web Development HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals with introductory full-stack concepts.
  • Discrete mathematics, logic, and formal reasoning for computer science.
JavaC++AlgorithmsData StructuresOOPAgileSoftware EngineeringWeb Dev

Swiss dual-track qualification combining the academic Maturità with a commercial AFC diploma. Graduated above average in both tracks.

  • Economics & Business microeconomic principles, business organisation, entrepreneurship, and market dynamics.
  • Accounting & Finance double-entry bookkeeping, financial statements, cost accounting, and Swiss business law.
  • Mathematics & Statistics algebra, calculus foundations, probability, and descriptive statistics.
  • Languages Italian (native instruction), German, English, and French; professional writing and communication.
  • Maturità Cantonale: 4.5 / 6 · AFC Economics: 5 / 6. Above average in both tracks.
Maturità 4.5/6AFC 5/6AccountingBusiness LawMathematicsEconomicsMultilingual
Languages
Italian
Native · C2
English
Fluent · C2
German
Conversational · B1–B2
Spanish
Basic · A1
Norwegian
Basic · A1

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collaborate?

Whether you need server infrastructure, network architecture, a self-hosted media stack, or a Junior SysAdmin let’s build something reliable together.

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