Kirill Astafev

Engineering solutions at the intersection of nature and technology

🌱 Systems & Growth

Building resilient infrastructure for specialized production environments. Expertise in controlled climate systems, automated monitoring, and scaling operations where precision matters. Creating something meaningful from the ground up – turning vision into thriving reality.

# production uptime: 99.97% | automated alerts: enabled

🏢 Asset Portfolio & Operations 20y

Two decades of commercial real estate management, orchestrating business center operations from capital improvements to stakeholder relations. Strategic asset acquisition with dozens of office property transactions. Deep expertise in tenant ecosystems, infrastructure maintenance, utility coordination, and property owner governance. Building sustainable long-term value through operational excellence and hands-on management.

# portfolio: diversified | tenure: extended | model: owner-operator

⚖️ Regulatory Navigation

Fluent in bureaucratic choreography – tax authorities, regulatory compliance, land use frameworks, legal structuring. Experience in managing complex institutional relationships while maintaining operational freedom. Understanding how systems work, not just what rules say.

# compliance: maintained | institutional relations: established

Technical Infrastructure

Linux infrastructure engineering with multi-layered caching strategy. nginx 1.28 with HTTP/3 (QUIC) protocol support and CUBIC congestion control. FastCGI Cache with CDN integration achieving 97%+ hit rate and automatic warmup. PHP 8.3 with JIT compilation for optimal performance. High-performance order processing with HPOS architecture. Database optimization and Redis caching for real-time operations. Real-time monitoring with Go-based analytics and Telegram integration. SSH tunneling for secure API access through geo-restrictions.

nginx 1.28 HTTP/3 (QUIC) FastCGI Cache PHP 8.3 + JIT MySQL/HPOS Redis CDN Go SSH Tunneling
# infrastructure: distributed | cache hit: 97%+ | http3: enabled | monitoring: active

🚀 Performance Engineering NEW

Production system migrations with zero-downtime strategy. Successfully migrated critical e-commerce platform to nginx 1.28 + PHP 8.3 (JIT) achieving 94.27% success rate under 77k+ requests in first 2 hours. Implemented HTTP/3 (QUIC) protocol with custom WordPress compatibility fix for redirect_canonical() issues. Built Go-based real-time analytics engine processing nginx access logs with GeoIP integration, protocol distribution analysis, and instant Telegram alerts. Deep-dive performance analysis including MySQL 8.4 LTS evaluation, database optimization, and HTTP protocol adoption monitoring (HTTP/3: 3.74%, HTTP/2: 51.57%).

nginx 1.28 HTTP/3 (QUIC) PHP 8.3 + JIT Go Analytics GeoIP Performance Analysis Zero-Downtime MySQL Optimization
# http3_traffic: 3.74% | success_rate: 94.27% | migration: completed | uptime: 99.97%

🛠️ Custom Development 15+

Architecting WordPress/WooCommerce solutions for complex operational challenges. Advanced catalog management with dynamic filtering (4000+ products, 70+ plant species). AI-powered SEO automation for mass content generation. Real-time inventory monitoring with anomaly detection and smart alerts. Automated order processing with PDF generation and email delivery via Fastmail JMAP API. Custom preorder system with dynamic availability dates. Email template system with conditional rendering for mixed orders.

WooCommerce Custom Plugins AJAX/REST API AI Integration JMAP API PDF Generation
# active modules: catalog, seo_automation, orders, preorders, monitoring...

📊 Marketing & Analytics Integration

Full-stack marketing automation infrastructure. Яндекс.Директ API v5 integration for smart campaign management. Automated YML feed generation (18.7MB, 4000+ products) with preorder dates and dynamic pricing. Google Analytics 4 with GTM for enhanced e-commerce tracking. 404 error monitoring and automated reporting. SEO optimization with mass content generation using AI. CDN integration for optimal performance across regions.

Yandex.Direct API YML Feeds GA4 + GTM SEO Automation
# campaigns: automated | analytics: real-time | feeds: auto-updated

🤖 Automation & AI

AI-assisted workflows with secure external API integration through proxy infrastructure. Automated SEO content generation for thousands of products with category-specific templates. Intelligent code analysis and optimization. Smart inventory management with anomaly detection and instant Telegram notifications. OAuth 2.0 integration with auto-refresh for uninterrupted service. Custom WordPress plugins for campaign management directly from admin panel.

# architecture: distributed | routing: secure | uptime: 24/7

🛡️ Backup & Disaster Recovery

Enterprise-grade backup infrastructure with Restic and geographically distributed storage across Finland, Kazakhstan, and USA nodes. AES-256 encrypted incremental backups with block-level deduplication – 3 months of daily snapshots in just 10-12GB instead of 250GB+. REST server with append-only mode providing ransomware-proof architecture. Automated retention policy (7 daily, 4 weekly, 3 monthly) with instant Telegram alerts on completion. FUSE mount integration enabling file-level recovery through Midnight Commander – browse any snapshot like a regular filesystem and restore with F5.

Restic AES-256 Deduplication REST Server Append-only FUSE Mount Multi-region
# encryption: AES-256 | dedup: 95% | nodes: FI, KZ, US | recovery: file-level

Active Projects

Production e-commerce platform serving specialized plant market (zavodflora.com). Successfully completed migration to nginx 1.28 + PHP 8.3 with HTTP/3 (QUIC) support achieving 94.27% success rate. Built custom Go-based real-time analytics engine processing 77k+ requests with GeoIP blocking (2.8% malicious traffic), protocol distribution monitoring (HTTP/3: 3.74%, HTTP/2: 51.57%), and instant Telegram notifications. Integrated Яндекс.Директ API for automated campaign management. Migrated email infrastructure to Fastmail with custom JMAP integration. Implemented FastCGI cache system with 97%+ hit rate and automatic warmup. Developed comprehensive monitoring for stock changes, 404 errors, and system health. Building AI-powered customer service automation and predictive analytics.

# status: production | http3: enabled | success: 94.27% | monitoring: 24/7 | alerts: telegram

🌟 Life & Renewal

Built something significant over decades, experienced profound loss, and discovered the courage to rebuild differently. Finding harmony between professional ambitions and personal connections. Learning from fresh perspectives, building something meaningful with someone who sees the world through twenty-something eyes. That lens becomes my own – rediscovering spontaneity, embracing new experiences, feeling the world's energy as if age is just a construct we choose to believe. When you've faced everything, you learn to cherish every moment of presence and connection.