§ 00 — INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING PRACTICE

Systems built to run lean — and hold under pressure.

I build the custom software a business runs on, test the networks it runs on, design the interfaces people use, and model the parts that get made — held to one engineering standard, for clients across Europe.

PracticeIndependent · EU-wide
DisciplinesSoftware · Security · Web · 3D
MethodFirst-principles · no templates
§ 01 — DISCIPLINES

Four disciplines, one standard.

Different surfaces, same discipline — measure first, build the minimum that holds, document what you hand over.

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Custom Software & Automation

Internal tools and process automation built around how your team actually works — replacing the spreadsheets, handoffs, and manual steps that quietly cost hours every week.

Process AutomationWorkflowSupport SystemsAdmin Tooling
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Security & Penetration Testing

Network penetration testing and hardening that gives you an honest, prioritised picture of your exposure — scoped tightly, documented fully, handled under NDA as standard.

Network PentestHardeningRisk AssessmentNDA Standard
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Web Design & Development

Fast, precise, standards-built websites — like the one you're reading now. Designed and engineered as one piece, not a theme bent to fit.

DesignFront-endPerformanceAccessibility
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3D Modelling & Printing

Custom 3D models and print-ready parts — from prototype to finished piece, modelled to spec and to tolerance.

CAD ModellingPrototypingPrint-ReadyTolerancing
§ 02 — SELECTED WORK

Recent engagements

Six shipped projects — custom software, industrial control, security and quantitative tooling.

Software01

Perzeus

Construction cost-estimation app

Turns an Excel bill-of-quantities into a fully priced quote automatically — matching every line against a 155k-item catalogue, with a human kept in the loop on anything uncertain.

Hours of manual tender pricing → minutes
▸ run databrief
PythonDesktopAutomation
Software · Industrial02

Station Control

Railway SCADA / HMI console

A dispatcher console that remotely monitors and controls a railway station's backup power, switch heating and lighting over Modbus TCP — built on the PROMOTIC platform.

One console runs a station's power, heating & lighting
▸ run databrief
SCADAModbus TCPPROMOTIC
Security03

THOR

AI-paired security research workstation

A Kali-based bug-bounty / pentest workstation wrapping the whole assessment workflow — target selection, recon, scope guards, audit trail and reporting — into one disciplined environment.

Accepted, publicly-disclosed HackerOne finding
▸ run databrief
Kali LinuxPythonBug Bounty
Software04

Ride Book

Kniha jázd · multi-vehicle logbook & fuel balancing

A desktop app for legally-compliant fleet trip logbooks, with a wizard that automatically reconciles kilometres, fuel and tank level so the month-end books balance.

Auto-reconciles a fleet's km, fuel & tank — tax-compliant
▸ run databrief
PythonPySide6Excel · PDF
Software · Data05

PREDATOR

Real-time trading cockpit

A from-scratch real-time trading terminal — "PREDATOR OMEGA" — with an AI confidence / regime read-out, a transparent multi-gate decision pipeline, a model swarm and live risk controls.

Institutional-grade cockpit, built solo · sub-10ms swarm
▸ run databrief
PySide6Real-timeML Ensemble
Software · Data06

JARVIS

Prediction-market forecasting bot

An autonomous bot that forecasts Polymarket outcome probabilities with an ML ensemble, flags where the crowd is mispriced, and is gated behind a strict promotion firewall before any real capital.

Beats the crowd's calibration (p < 0.05) · +$662 paper P&L
▸ run databrief
PythonLightGBMResearch
§ 03 — METHOD

How an engagement runs

01 — SCOPE

Define the real problem

Cost, time, or exposure — and the smallest thing that solves it. Fixed and agreed before any build or test begins.

02 — BUILD / TEST

Nothing happens off-screen

Software ships in increments you can see. Security follows a documented methodology. You're never guessing what's happening.

03 — HANDOVER

A system you own

A working system, clear documentation, and a direct line back to me. Not a ticket queue and not a black box.

§ 04 — PRACTICE

Background & approach

Background
Engineering (Ing.) · first-principles
Based in
Slovakia
Working across
Europe · remote-first
Disciplines
Software · Security · Web · 3D

I work across software, security, web, and physical fabrication because to me they're one discipline wearing four faces — precise systems, built and verified to a standard, whether they're made of code, network rules, pixels, or plastic.

[Replace this paragraph with your own story: the engineering background, what led you to running this independently, and what you want a prospective client to understand about how you think before they ever get on a call.]

Get in touch →
§ 05 — CONTACT

Have a system that needs to be smarter, faster, or safer?

hello@michalkanas.comGet in touch →Request a project →Usually replies within 1–2 business days
§ 06 — COLOPHON

No templates underneath.

Every pixel is hand-built — the instrument up top, the live code behind the glass, this field. Grab them. Throw them around.

DRAG · CLICK TO PULSE