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James Nicholls

Software manager in Bristol, UK
Latest update at /now (Feb '25)

I manage large real-time platforms and datasets using Linux tooling.

AWSAzureDigital OceanGitAnsibleTerraform

Projects

Certificate City

(2024) Distributed TLS certificate collector and validator. Work in progress.

SIP Chef

(2024) SIP packet collection and analysis tool similar to HOMER. Work in progress.

Puzzle Cards

(2020) Web app for creating, editing and sharing puzzles, built with Svelte and Redis.

NetVis

(2013) Visualization tool enabling multiple perspectives of network traffic data using pcap.

Pipeline Simulator

(2014) Mobile graphics pipeline simulator. An educational tool for Android devices.


Articles

Revert Unknown Git Commits

Rewriting the past to subtract from the present.

Self-Hosted Passwords

How to run Bitwarden at home for more than 3 months.

How to Launder Bitcoin

You can't win if you don't play the game. A rant and a how-to guide.

Marketing Machine Gun

LAST CHANCE - 1/3 Off All Blog Posts - Ends Tomorrow!


Experience

Dstny

Currently Head of Infra & Ops at Dstny, connecting millions of users with modern, mobile-first telecoms solutions. Get in touch if you'd like to know more.

Netcraft

At Netcraft I created and maintained dense, functional web interfaces backed by large datasets. I also performed penetration tests for web applications.


Contact

Emails to [email protected] will reach me.