// PROJECTS

What I've Built

Ongoing, completed and planned — documented honestly

[SECURITY]
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Wazuh Zero-Trust Enrollment Fabric

Production-grade Wazuh SIEM platform with zero-trust agent enrollment across hybrid AWS and OT-adjacent infrastructure. Replaced shared-secret enrollment with per-device X.509 cryptographic identity.

Per-device X.509 certs, S3 as state store, Python reconciler, Entra ID integration, IEC 62443 aligned. Full technical writeup coming.

Wazuh X.509 PKI AWS Python Zero Trust IEC 62443
[WEB]
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neilsmith.work

Professional portfolio and CV site. Built in Hugo with a custom dark terminal theme, deployed on Netlify via GitHub. Built in collaboration with Claude.ai.

Dark/light theme toggle, multi-page Hugo structure, CV content as YAML data files, philosophy section, expertise narrative. The design, content and decisions are all mine — Claude handled implementation.

Hugo Netlify CSS Claude.ai GitHub
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[WEB]
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neilsmith.photography

Photography portfolio. Migrated from Jekyll to Hugo, custom dark theme consistent with neilsmith.work. Gallery with category filtering, kit page, journal.

24 images across companions, documentary, landscapes and wildlife. Full kit breakdown including camera history from Canon 350D to Nikon Z8.

Hugo Netlify Photography Jekyll Migration Claude.ai
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[WEB]
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neilsmith.io

This site. Projects, lab notes, blog. The technical playground — less formal than neilsmith.work, more honest about what's in progress vs what's finished.

Built in Hugo, same design language as the rest of the network. Built in collaboration with Claude.ai.

Hugo Netlify Claude.ai GitHub
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[AI RESEARCH]
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OMEGA Core

An independent AI engineering research platform built to develop expert-level capability in AI security, governance, risk management and implementation. Currently running a 12-week GAIPS lab programme.

Ollama, Open WebUI, Inference API, Evidence API, pgvector, Qdrant, InfluxDB, Grafana. 13 models including GAIPS-aligned role models. Deployed on MINISFORUM MS-01 via Docker Compose. A+ security headers.

AI Security GAIPS Ollama Docker AWS Python FastAPI
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[HOME LAB]
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OMEGA

A local-first intelligence platform connecting voice, automation, knowledge, vision and assistance into a single governed system. Built around Home Assistant, accelerated by local AI.

OMEGA Voice operational — wake word, speech recognition, distributed satellite speakers. OMEGA Core in development. Future phases: Vision (Hailo-8), Knowledge (contextual retrieval), Guard (anomaly detection).

Home Assistant Local AI Voice Automation Python
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