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-## 🧠 About
+## About
 
 Digital Systems Engineer with 10+ years of experience across industrial automation, manufacturing systems, and data-driven infrastructure. Currently at GE Aerospace Digital Team specializing in machine data integration, dashboard development, and system-level visibility. Hands-on homelab engineer bridging physical equipment with modern digital platforms. Increasingly integrating AI tooling for system documentation, automated diagnostics, and workflow acceleration.
 
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-## 🌐 Live Sites
+## Live Sites
 
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-## 📊 Ced's NOC — Live Infrastructure Observability
+## Ced's NOC Live Infrastructure Observability
 
 Real-time network operations center dashboard monitoring 28 homelab systems across 6 infrastructure layers.
 
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 ### Systems Monitored
 
-- **6-node Proxmox Cluster** — BigWorld, Biggie, Snoop, TooShort, Tupac, DrDre
-- **12-node K3s Cluster** — 3 control plane (django-1/2/3) + 9 workers (ingress, data, monitoring groups)
-- **TrueNAS** — Network attached storage
-- **Nginx Proxy Manager** — Reverse proxy layer
-- **Prometheus + Grafana + Uptime Kuma** — Full observability stack (Prometheus actively scraping)
-- **Dashy + Home Assistant + PrimeStation** — Services layer
-- **APRS iGate x2** — RF edge systems (home + mobile)
+- **6-node Proxmox Cluster** BigWorld, Biggie, Snoop, TooShort, Tupac, DrDre
+- **12-node K3s Cluster** 3 control plane (django-1/2/3) + 9 workers (ingress, data, monitoring groups)
+- **TrueNAS** Network attached storage
+- **Nginx Proxy Manager** Reverse proxy layer
+- **Prometheus + Grafana + Uptime Kuma** Full observability stack (Prometheus actively scraping)
+- **Dashy + Home Assistant + PrimeStation** Services layer
+- **APRS iGate x2** RF edge systems (home + mobile)
 
 ### Automation
 
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-## 🏗️ Infrastructure Overview
+## Infrastructure Overview
 
 | Layer | Systems | Count |
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-## 🔥 Featured Projects
+## Featured Projects
 
-### 📊 Ced's NOC Dashboard
+### Ced's NOC Dashboard
 
 Real-time monitoring system with live system health, latency tracking, severity-based alerts, and layer filtering.
 
 - **Live:** https://noc.chasedumphord.com
 - **Source:** https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-noc
 
-### 🧱 Ced's HomeLab
+### Ced's HomeLab
 
 Full enterprise-style homelab with Proxmox clustering, K3s orchestration, VLAN segmentation, and full observability stack including Prometheus scraping.
 
 - **Source:** https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-homelab
 
-### 📡 APRS iGate (RF Edge System)
+### APRS iGate (RF Edge System)
 
 Dual-node RF-to-internet gateway. Raspberry Pi + Direwolf TNC. Live on aprs.fi.
 
@@ -108,15 +108,15 @@ Dual-node RF-to-internet gateway. Raspberry Pi + Direwolf TNC. Live on aprs.fi.
 
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-## 👤 Connect
+## Connect
 
 [![LinkedIn](https://img.shields.io/badge/LinkedIn-Connect-blue?style=for-the-badge&logo=linkedin)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/toochase-dumphord/)
 [![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-ced4568-black?style=for-the-badge&logo=github)](https://github.com/ced4568)
 [![Portfolio](https://img.shields.io/badge/Portfolio-Live-brightgreen?style=for-the-badge)](https://chasedumphord.com)
 [![NOC](https://img.shields.io/badge/NOC-Live-cyan?style=for-the-badge)](https://noc.chasedumphord.com)
 
-📧 chasedumphord@gmail.com | 📍 Oxford, MS
+ chasedumphord@gmail.com | 📍 Oxford, MS
 
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-> This is not a static portfolio — it is a live representation of working systems.
+> This is not a static portfolio it is a live representation of working systems.