Karabo — firmware recovery, board-level repair, self-hosted infrastructure

Karabo.
I rebuild what vendors locked down.
I run my own infrastructure.

Board-level repair, firmware recovery, and a self-hosted fleet on repurposed hardware. Five vendor-firmware images couldn't boot my ThinkCentre; a stock coreboot build did. I also run Omni Tech — iPhone resale from Hong Kong into South Africa. This site is served by a repurposed laptop — read how.

# what i do

board-level repair component-level diagnostics and microsoldering on phones and audio gear. The fault gets proven before a single part is ordered.
firmware recovery coreboot builds, SPI flash surgery, boot-chain bypass on locked MediaTek devices. The M710q: five failed vendor grafts, one working coreboot image.
self-hosted infrastructure nightly backups, mirrors, tunnels, and this site — all on hardware I own and can open. No VPS, no cloud, no vendor lock-in.
omni tech iPhone resale: Sunsky HK → South Africa. Scripted stock tracking and a 5-bucket money-split system keep the business math honest.

# what i do

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