Duncan Sykes

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Repository: git.disroot.org/unsudo/glue

• Design and implement an experimental open-source distributed alternative to DNS using Rust.
• Use peer-to-peer networking, libp2p, key-pair authentication and encryption.
• Research methods for reducing reliance on traditional certificate infrastructure.
• Manage project planning and administration.
• Manage social media automation and the project's online presence.
• Coordinate external business requirements related to potential funding.

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Repositories: git.disroot.org/unsudo

• Provide technical advice for the design of a decentralised compute system.
• Collaborate with contributors from multiple countries.
• Research the use of the Polkadot Joint Accumulation Machine for decentralised microservice processing.
• Work with Rust applications compiled to RISC-V or WebAssembly.
• Contribute to the design of an event-driven system for funded, on-demand processing.
• Design systems that allow applications to use decentralised infrastructure without requiring users to manage the underlying technology.

• Migrated a production AWS backend from a monolithic container deployment to an event-driven microservice architecture.
• Addressed resource allocation, database connection pool and timeout issues affecting more than 50 concurrent active users.
• Replaced a dedicated API container with AWS API Gateway.
• Configured public and private entry points for backend services.
• Implemented AWS Lambda functions for on-demand code execution.
• Used Amazon EventBridge to route events and data between services.
• Used DynamoDB for state management within serverless workflows.
• Reduced reliance on continuously running container services.

• Built and tested a Discord integration that assigned points to users for activity within a specified server channel.
• Used the Discord WebSocket gateway to receive interaction events.
• Recorded interaction events without storing message content.
• Developed a timestamp and loop-checking system to calculate participation points.
• Migrated the integration to a serverless, event-driven architecture.
• Ran the persistent Discord gateway connection in a dedicated container service.
• Removed sensitive data before forwarding required information through a private AWS VPC connection.
• Used API Gateway, Lambda and EventBridge to route events to tagged microservice functions.

• Designed and implemented an Express.js API server using TypeScript.
• Integrated Auth0 authentication and middleware using JSON Web Tokens.
• Embedded user GUIDs into token claims through the Auth0 Hooks API.
• Implemented request-level permission checks.
• Initially developed the API using Python and FastAPI.
• Deployed the initial version to Amazon EC2 behind an NGINX reverse proxy.
• Migrated the API to Express.js in a Docker container on Amazon ECS.
• Used AWS VPC networking and Route 53 for service routing.
• Managed PostgreSQL database design, migrations and data operations.
• Used joins, triggers and PostgreSQL views to manage read and write operations.
• Excluded non-essential user data from storage and application logs.