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<h1 align="center">Kshitij K</h1>
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<img src="./assets/visual-elements/about-me.gif" width=30 alt="about me icon"/>&nbsp;**About me**

- 👨‍🎓Computer Engineer
- 🛡️ Privacy enthusiast
- <img src="./misc/server.png" width=25 height=25 align=top alt="Server icon"/>&nbsp;Interested in server management, self-hosting privacy-first cloud services
- <img src="https://git.kska.io/notkshitij/personal_projects/raw/branch/main/assets/privacy.png" width="25" height="25" align=top alt="Lock icon"/>&nbsp;Hosting privacy focused cloud services at &nbsp;<img src="assets/misc/kska.svg" width=25 height=25 align="top" alt="KSKA logo"/>&nbsp; [KSKA](https://kska.io)

Find out more about my projects on my  [self hosted git server](https://git.kska.io/notkshitij/)!
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<img src="./assets/visual-elements/skills.gif" width ="30"/>&nbsp; **Skills**

*Containerization & Virtualization*

<img src="./assets/skills/DOCKER.svg" alt="Docker"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/PODMAN.svg" alt="Podman"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/LXC.svg" alt="LXC"/>

*Version Control & Collaboration*

<img src="./assets/skills/GIT.svg" alt="Git"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/GITLAB.svg" alt="Gitlab"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/GITHUB.svg" alt="GitHub"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/GITEA.svg" alt="Gitea"/>

*Cloud Platforms*

<img src="./assets/skills/GCP.svg" alt="Google Cloud Platform (GCP)"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/AWS.svg" alt="Amazon Web Services (AWS)"/>

*Programming Languages*

<img src="./assets/skills/JAVA.svg" alt="Java"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/PYTHON.svg" alt="Python"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/C++.svg" alt="C++"/>

*System Administration*

<img src="./assets/skills/BASH%20SCRIPTING.svg" alt="Bash Scripting"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/PROXMOX.svg" alt="Proxmox"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/SSH,%20DNS%20&%20RSYNC.svg" alt="Bash Scripting"/>

*Networking*

<img src="./assets/skills/OPENVPN.svg" alt="OpenVPN"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/WIREGUARD.svg" alt="Wireguard"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/OPENWRT.svg" alt="OpenWRT"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/UFW%20&%20IPTABLES.svg" alt="UFW and IPTables"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/CLOUDFLARE%20TUNNELS.svg" alt="Cloudflare Tunnels"/>&nbsp;
<img src="./assets/skills/TAILSCALE.svg" alt="Tailscale"/>