About & Our Story

Behind CyberPath
Academy

How a 3rd-semester computing student built a full cybersecurity academy — solo, in 16 days, between work shifts and CCNA classes. No team. No framework. No budget.

16
Days Built
~40h
Hours Invested
1
Person
$0
Cost
v39
Current Version
0
Frameworks
About Me
Asbin Karki — Founder of CyberPath Academy, cybersecurity student and SOC analyst in training from Kathmandu, Nepal
Asbin Karki

A third-semester computing student from Kathmandu, Nepal who decided that waiting to "be ready" was just another word for never starting. Built an entire cybersecurity training platform between work shifts, CCNA classes, and university assignments — in 16 days.

Kathmandu, Nepal University of Sunderland · ISMT College 3rd Semester · Sem Break Full-time Office Job Studying CCNA
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asbin@cyberpath:~
stack → HTML · CSS · Vanilla JavaScript
version → v39 (iterated from v1)
built → Early June – June 25, 2026
hours → 1–2 hrs/day after office + CCNA
status → live & growing
Our Story · The Journey
01
Day 1 · Early June 2026
Monday · Kathmandu · Evening
"Where do I even start?"
Wanted to learn cybersecurity seriously. Opened Google, YouTube, Reddit. Within an hour — 30+ tabs, three contradicting roadmaps, zero clarity. TryHackMe said start here. YouTube said start there. Reddit had 200 comments all recommending something different. I wasn't learning. I was drowning in resources about learning.
"Closed everything. Sat in silence for a few minutes. And thought — there has to be a better way. If I'm feeling this lost, every other student must feel exactly the same."
30+ tabs closed The idea sparks Frustrated → Motivated
02
Day 2–3 · June 2–3, 2026
Tuesday–Wednesday · Late Nights
From "Organize Notes" to "Build Something Perfect"
Started collecting resources just for myself. It helped, but still felt messy. Then noticed something about how my own brain works — I can't learn from mess. When things look organized and feel intentional, I automatically get more interested. More focused. More consistent. Opened VS Code. Created index.html.
"The idea shifted from 'organize my notes' to 'build something perfect.' Not perfect for the internet — perfect for me first."
index.html created No framework — pure HTML/CSS/JS Late nights begin
03
Day 4–5 · June 4–5, 2026
Thursday–Friday · After Office
The Skeleton of Something Real
First version was rough. Very rough. But the structure was already there — a landing page, a sidebar, a dashboard. Working 1–2 hours after office every day. Sometimes 30 minutes during lunch. The days were full — job, CCNA class, university. The nights belonged to this. No React, no Vue, no framework. Full control over every pixel.
"I could already see what it wanted to become. That feeling — when a project shows you its own future — is addictive."
Landing + Sidebar + Dashboard 1–2 hrs/day after office v1 → v5
04
Day 6–8 · June 6–8, 2026
Weekend + Monday · Deep Work
The SOC Roadmap Comes to Life
Month by month. Week by week. Real content — Windows Event IDs, Splunk queries, MITRE ATT&CK mapping, Wireshark filters. Every topic I had once struggled to find clearly explained — I was now writing it clearly for someone else. That shift in perspective changed everything. XP system, streaks, heatmap calendar.
"Looked up from the screen. It was 2am. I didn't even notice the hours passing."
SOC Roadmap M1–M4 XP + Streak system Heatmap calendar v10 → v15
05
Day 9–10 · June 9–10, 2026
Tuesday–Wednesday · Purpose Shifts
This Wasn't for Me Anymore
Quiz engine with weak-spot tracking. AI study assistant (local offline engine — no API key needed, works instantly). Pomodoro timer. Interview flip cards. Features I had wished existed on every platform I'd tried. And somewhere around Day 9, something quietly shifted. I wasn't building this for myself anymore. I was building it for every student in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Brazil — who gets overwhelmed and doesn't know where to start.
"This wasn't a personal project anymore. This was a real product. And real products don't stop at good enough."
AI Study Assistant Pomodoro Timer Interview Flip Cards Quiz + Weak-spot Engine
06
Day 11–12 · June 11, 2026
Thursday · Everything at Once
Months of Content. Solo. Still Going.
SOC Months 1–7 complete. Full content, real labs, real resources, real weekly schedules. CV builder, SOP builder, CTF tracker, scholarship planner, command library, skill radar. The codebase grew version by version. Each one cleaner. Each one closer to the picture in my head from Day 1.
"Still just me. Still 1–2 hours a day. No framework, no team, no budget. Just consistency and an idea that refused to let go."
CV Builder SOP Builder CTF Tracker Scholarship Planner v20 → v31
07
June 11–16, 2026 · The Break
Thursday to Tuesday · No Laptop
Closed the Laptop. Opened My Eyes.
Original plan was Pokhara. Travel with friends is unpredictable — and that's exactly what makes it good. We ended up in Mustang. Desert landscapes, ancient monasteries, Lo Manthang. Clean mountain air so far from any screen that you forget screens exist. Zero code written. Zero regrets.
"Sometimes the best thing you can do for a project is walk away from it for a while. Remember why you started. Come back human."
Mustang, Nepal Lo Manthang Zero code written No regrets
08
June 17, 2026 · Rest Day
Wednesday · World Cup Day
Messi Deserved That Day.
Back from Mustang, still carrying the quiet the mountains leave behind. Morning — Argentina vs Algeria, FIFA World Cup 2026. Messi hat-trick. 3–0. Even if Argentina had lost, no regrets — because Messi played. Night — Portugal vs DR Congo. Started watching. Fell asleep on the couch halfway through. No code written. No regrets at all.
"The mountains and Messi both deserved that day — and I gave it to them freely."
Argentina 3–0 Algeria Messi hat-trick Portugal vs DR Congo Fell asleep on couch
09
June 18, 2026
Thursday · Clear Head · Big Changes
v39. The Platform Finally Looks Like Day 1's Dream.
Back properly. Clear head from the break. Full track isolation architecture — SOC and Digital Forensics now exist as completely separate learning experiences. Different sidebar, different theming, different progress tracking. 8 months of Digital Forensics content added. Waitlist system live. Custom 404 page. The vision from Day 1 and the reality finally met.
"That moment — when vision and reality finally meet — is quiet and enormous at the same time."
SOC & Blue Team12 months
Digital Forensics8 months
Ethical HackingComing Soon
CryptographyComing Soon
Track isolation complete v39 — ready to launch 29 days to go live
10
June 19, 2026 · Thursday
Late Night · Kathmandu
SOC Complete. About Page Born.
Added SOC Months 9, 10, and 11 — the final push to complete the core track. Then built the About Me and journey page in a stylish way. The platform now had a face and a story, not just content.
"A platform without a story is just a website. Now it had both."
SOC M9 M10 M11 added About page built Constellation journey map
11
June 20, 2026 · Saturday
Holiday — But Went to Office Anyway
11 Hours at Office. Crossed My Bus Stop. Forgot My Charger.
Saturday holiday but went in due to leftover work. Spent the whole day and night — even during office tasks — researching the OSINT mini track: content, resources, structure. On the public bus home, still thinking about whether to make it 3–4 full months or a mini course. Mind so deep in the problem I crossed my bus stop by one. Had to walk back. GPS saved me. Got home, still wanted to work — then realized the laptop charger was sitting on the office desk.
"Felt little happy, little sad. Happy because I could finally rest. The day had been full of stress and the mind just kept going."
11 hrs at office OSINT research all day Crossed bus stop Forgot laptop charger Decision: mini course
12
June 21, 2026 · Sunday
Late Start · Spain 4–0 Saudi Arabia
Spain Won Beautifully. My UI/UX Redesign Did Not.
Late morning — missed CCNA class, late to office. Did some work, added the first 3 days of OSINT content, refined the UI a little. Then tried to fully redesign the UI/UX while watching Spain vs Saudi Arabia. 4–0. Beautiful game. Barca DNA. After the match tried again — but accidentally made all the changes in a copy file, not the original. 1–2am. Not much progress. Kept the same UI.
"Even if Spain loses, they lose beautifully. That night, my redesign lost — not so beautifully."
OSINT 3-day content added llms.txt added Spain 4-0 Saudi Arabia Edited wrong file at 1am UI unchanged — for now
13
June 22, 2026 · Monday
9:25 PM Nepal Time · Argentina vs Austria
Messi Brace. Progress Export. Trust Issues Solved.
Late morning again — brother needed a hospital visit for a minor checkup, so no office work, no personal work until evening. Then added one of the most important features: progress export and import. Everything stored locally in your browser — no accounts, no data sent anywhere, no trust issues. You own your data completely. While writing these notes at 9:25pm, guessing the Argentina lineup — got 8 or 9 right. Messi scored a brace. Still on prime in 2026.
"We don't want to take your data anywhere. Everything stays in your own place. No data linkage, no trust issues."
Progress export/import Local storage only No data sent anywhere Messi brace vs Austria 8/9 lineup guesses correct
14
June 23, 2026 · Tuesday
Full Rest Day · SEO Work
Rest. Think. SEO.
Full rest day. Some SEO work in the background — meta tags, structured data, making sure Google finds the platform properly when it goes live. Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is step back and let things settle.
"Rest is not the absence of work. It's preparation for the next push."
Full rest day SEO refinements
15
June 24, 2026 · Wednesday
Testing Day · New Features
Feedback System Live. Footer Finally Clean.
Still testing. More SEO work. Added the feedback, suggestion, and collaboration form — a proper modal with 4 types, silent POST, no redirect. And cleaned up the footer — it was messy before, now it's something to be proud of.
"Small details that most visitors never consciously notice are the ones that make them feel the site is trustworthy."
Feedback modal added 4 types: Bug/Suggestion/Content/Collab Footer cleaned up More SEO work
16
June 25, 2026 · Today
Wednesday · Still Testing · Still Building
The Journey Section. The Last Feature. Almost There.
Still testing. Fixed some broken code. And today — added this very journey section you're reading right now, from June 19 all the way to today. Writing your own story while you're still inside it is a strange, beautiful thing. May today be the last day to add features. Within 1 week — deploy properly for the public. Let's see. Hope for the best.
"Hope for the best. That's not naivety — that's what every builder thinks the night before they ship."
SOC & Blue TeamM1–M12 complete
Digital ForensicsDF1–DF8 complete
OSINT Mini Course30 days
Deploy target~July 2026
Journey section added Broken code fixed Deploy within 1 week Hope for the best
Why It's Free
Knowledge Should Be Free. Always.

Because the confusion I felt on Day 1 doesn't care about your budget. Students in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Brazil — everywhere — face the same overwhelming internet and the same question: "Where do I start?"

Cybersecurity shouldn't be gated behind expensive bootcamps and paid platforms. Knowledge should be accessible. Structure should be free. Purpose-built, not profit-built.

That's why CyberPath Academy exists. That's why it will always be free.

— Asbin Karki  ·  Kathmandu, Nepal  ·  University of Sunderland, ISMT College  ·  June 2026
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