The story

Hello Friend, I'm Spike. Just a guy obsessed with computers since kid, and with cybersecurity in particular. I built, broke, rebuilt, and kept learning — and I never really stopped. I made my first website very young, taught myself web development and security, and chased every thread that caught my attention.

Curiosity has always been the engine. I built a streaming site at fourteen, sites for companies and for myself, apps on iOS, and a run of games in Unity (2D and 3D, desktop and mobile) that I never shipped. I once tried to rebuild Facemash at my school. At fifteen, exploring the school's computers a little too freely, I took the entire system down — I genuinely didn't understand what I'd done. I just like to explore.

Alongside the code, I've always been pulled toward movies, stories, and games. I've done a lot of video editing — anime edits, documentaries, music videos, montage — and I draw. That visual instinct shows up in how I think about interfaces.

After my diploma in Management Computer Sciences, Covid-era burnout pushed me away from code entirely. I spent three years in music — becoming a sound engineer and composer — partly to be certain that software was really what I wanted. It was. In 2023 I came back with intent: iOS, systems, fundamentals.

Now I'm extremely disciplined. I study every day. I want to become an exceptional software engineer and scientist — and I've always kept the security lens on, through CTFs, bug bounties, and every product I ship. In 2025 I founded my own company, Desert Odes, based in Ireland — the studio behind Tomcabs and Alabasta. What I'm looking for now is a real team: a place to contribute everything I've built alone, and to grow past what I can reach by myself.