Nicholas Crew Ferguson

Open-Source Portfolio

I modernize the infrastructure teams run on. Every company I've walked into had the same problem: legacy systems held together with scripts and tribal knowledge. I fix that, then build the platform that runs without me.


HORIZON
See Further. Act Faster.
SYNAPSE
On-Board Intelligence

Embedded intelligence for API security and application defense. All detection and blocking decisions happen locally at the edge. Zero external dependencies. True air-gap deployment.

Rust
pingora
72K+
Req/sec
25MB
Binary
~450μs
e2e latency
AGPL-3
License
Inferno Lab
Three Tools. One Platform.

Security testing, simulation, and education. Apparatus simulates the environment. Chimera teaches you to break it. Crucible validates at enterprise scale. Open source. Solo built. AI-augmented.

13
Protocols
450+
Endpoints
12
Web Apps
25+
Verticals
120+
Scenarios
MIT
License



Available for Contract Work

Infrastructure modernization, platform engineering, and developer experience. I walk into legacy systems and rebuild them into something that runs without me.

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