2019 – Present
ActiveNubinity, LLC ↗
Managed services and connectivity provider I founded and lead as CEO — infrastructure, hosting, DNS, monitoring, and managed web presence for business clients.
Projects
Things I build and run
I learn by operating real systems with real users. These are the companies, products, and long-running projects behind the writing.
Active
ActiveVeilock VPN ↗
Privacy-focused VPN service operated under Nubinity — censorship-resistant connectivity with encrypted, no-logs infrastructure across multiple regions.
Ongoing
OngoingThe Engineering Lab
A production-grade home datacenter: enterprise routing, Kubernetes clusters, observability stack, and OT test networks. The proving ground behind most articles on this site — documented in the Engineering Notes.
2026 redesign
Activeiampavel.com
This site: a fully static, server-rendered engineering publication optimized for humans, search engines, and AI assistants — structured data, llms.txt, and zero required JavaScript.
2012 – 2024
ConcludedUniversal Hosting, LLC
Web and application hosting provider I founded at 18 and ran for twelve years — cPanel services, applications, and dedicated servers. Concluded operations in 2024.
2009 – 2012
HistoricCrystal Legends Online
Online multiplayer game where it all started — development, moderation, and the self-hosted server infrastructure that later became Universal Hosting.