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+# 🧠 Ced’s Portfolio System
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+This repository powers my live portfolio:
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+Digital Systems | Infrastructure | RF Edge Systems
+
+It showcases real-world systems including:
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+- 📊 Ced’s NOC Dashboard (live system monitoring)
+- 🧠 HomeLab Infrastructure (Proxmox, VLANs, services)
+- ☸️ K3s Cluster (distributed workloads)
+- 📡 APRS iGate (RF → Internet edge system)
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+## 📊 NOC Dashboard
+
+The NOC dashboard represents:
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+- Infrastructure systems
+- Application services
+- Network layers
+- RF edge systems (APRS iGate)
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+This is not static — it reflects **real systems running in my environment**.
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+## 📡 Featured System: APRS iGate
+
+- RF → APRS-IS gateway
+- Built with Raspberry Pi + Direwolf
+- Tuned audio chain for reliable decoding
+- Integrated into NOC as an **Edge / RF system**
+
+🔗 https://github.com/ced4568/ceds-aprs-igate
+
+---
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+## ⚡ Key Focus
+
+- Infrastructure + Systems Engineering
+- Automation + Monitoring
+- Real-world implementations (not tutorials)
+- Bridging physical systems → digital infrastructure
+
+---
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+## 🚀 Why This Repo Exists
+
+This repo ties everything together into a single system:
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+👉 **Ced’s NOC = Visibility layer across all projects**
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