🛡️ Carpenter · Developer · Ethical Hacker

MarcoRamcharan.

From building sturdy tables to shipping scalable apps. Self-taught. Carpenter turned engineer. I build things that last.

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Years Coding

15+

Technologies

Live Products

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About

Not your typical developer.

I'm Marco — a South African developer based in Durban who started life as a carpenter. I built furniture before I built software, and that background gave me something most developers don't have: an obsession with things that actually work.

Self-taught from the ground up, I transitioned into software development and now work at Decidio, doing full-stack development on the Truendo product — a real, live, production system used by real people.

My stack is broad and my approach is pragmatic. I write code the same way I used to cut timber — measure twice, ship once.

Current RoleLiving

ProductEverything Web

LocationDurban, South Africa

BackgroundCarpenter → Self-taught Dev

Studio

Emailmiguelmarcoramcharan@gmail.com

StatusOpen to opportunities

Skills

My toolkit.

Core Stack

TypeScript React Node.js Go Python SQL PostgreSQL REST APIs System Design

Infrastructure & DevOps

Docker Kubernetes AWS GCP Jenkins CI/CD Pipelines RabbitMQ Zabbix BunnyCDN CloudFront Linux / VM Management

Architecture & Performance

API Design Geo-based Content Delivery CDN Migration Scalability System Optimization

Tools & AI

VS Code Power Automate Workflow Automation AI Integration Claude API ChatGPT APIs HTML / CSS

Security & Ethical Hacking

Nmap Burp Suite OWASP ZAP OWASP Top 10 Penetration Testing Vulnerability Assessment

Enterprise & Client Solutions

Custom Client APIs CRM Development Stakeholder Systems Enterprise Integrations

Experience

The journey.

2023 — 2025

Full Stack Developer

Decidio · Durban, ZA

Building and maintaining Truendo — a production consent management platform. Handling full-stack features, infrastructure, DevOps pipelines, and integration with enterprise clients. Daily exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, TypeScript, and Go in a live production environment.

2021 — 2022

Self-Taught Developer

Independent · Durban, ZA

Transitioned from carpentry into software development through self-study. Built personal projects, learned the fundamentals of web development, and eventually landed a production role. No bootcamp — just relentless building.

Pre-2021

Carpenter

Durban, ZA

Built things with wood. Precision, patience, and problem-solving — skills that translate surprisingly well to software engineering. Sometimes I still think in joints and grain when I'm debugging.

Security

Dark Web 101.

The dark web is a small part of the internet requiring specialised software to access — used for anonymity, privacy research, and cybersecurity. Understanding it is essential for any serious security practitioner.

Get the right browser

Download the Tor Browser from the official torproject.org website only. Never use unofficial mirrors or modified builds — they may be compromised.

Understand how it works

Traffic is routed through multiple encrypted relays worldwide, masking your origin IP. No single node knows both the sender and the destination.

Use privacy search engines

DuckDuckGo's onion service, Ahmia, and Haystak are safer starting points than navigating blind to unknown .onion addresses.

Practice strict hygiene

Never download unknown files, share personal data, or enable JavaScript unless necessary. Assume all links are hostile until proven otherwise.

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Educational use only

The dark web contains unregulated and potentially illegal content. This section exists for cybersecurity awareness and research purposes only. Always operate within the bounds of your local law.

Contact

Let's build something great.

I'm open to full-time roles, freelance projects, and interesting problems. If you want someone who ships real code on real products — let's talk.

miguelmarcoramcharan@gmail.com

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Location

Durban, South Africa

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