Dimitrios Nicolay

IT Specialist for System Integration | Infrastructure Automation

Building reliable infrastructure and automating deployments. Specializing in containerization, IaC, and cloud-native solutions.

About

I'm an IT specialist for system integration with a focus on infrastructure automation and building reliable, scalable systems. My day-to-day work revolves around containerization, Infrastructure as Code, and keeping deployment pipelines clean and predictable.

Right now I'm using NixOS to keep configurations reproducible across machines, running and refining a homelab, and contributing to GL-IX to help improve regional connectivity in central Europe.

When I'm not automating infrastructure, I'm digging deeper into Kubernetes, monitoring and observability, and modern web stacks with TypeScript and Next.js. I like understanding how all the layers—from the hardware up to the frontend—fit together and how to make them easier to operate.

AS204801

Network Operator

GL-IX

Internet Exchange

NixOS

Declarative Systems

Homelab

Self-Hosted Infra

Projects

Edge IaC Automation Platform

Infrastructure-as-Code platform that provisions edge VMs and configures BGP automatically using CDKTF, Terraform, and Ansible.

TerraformAnsibleBGP

Portfolio Website

Personal portfolio built with Next.js, featuring WebGL smoke effects, dark/light theme switching, and minimal noir design aesthetic.

Next.jsThree.jsWebGL

GL-IX Internet Exchange

Contributing to Gentlent Internet Exchange infrastructure, improving regional connectivity and offering low-cost peering in central Europe.

BGPNetworkingInfrastructure

NixOS Unified Config

Building a unified NixOS configuration system for laptop, homelab server, and future machines with reproducible deployments.

NixOSIaCAutomation

Homelab Infrastructure

Containerized homelab services with optimized Dockerfiles. Automated VM provisioning using Ansible and Terraform.

DockerAnsibleTerraform

Cross-Platform TV App

Building a React Native application for Android TV, Fire TV, and Apple TV platforms with unified codebase.

React NativeTypeScriptMobile
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