Become a sponsor to Adam Zaplatílek
🚀 Fighting Big Tech Exploitation Through DevSecOps Innovation
Hi, I'm Adam Zaplatílek 👋
I'm on a triple mission: advancing DevSecOps practices, pioneering AI-assisted development, and building humanity-centered dating platforms that heal rather than exploit users.
⚔️ The Dating Industry's Dark Reality
Major dating platforms deliberately exploit users for profit. Research exposes brutal tactics:
- Class-action lawsuit against Match Group alleges apps "transform users into gamblers"¹
- Match throttling algorithms limit successful connections to maximize subscriptions²
- 78% of users report burnout, spending 51 minutes daily in addiction cycles³
- $82 million monthly in Tinder purchases alone - profiting from desperation⁴
- Phantom matches disappear instantly to manipulate emotions and force payments⁵
The business model: Keep users lonely, frustrated, and paying. Apps "prohibit major assets of attractive profiles" to convert free users to premium².
🛡️ My DevSecOps Solution
I'm proving ethical technology can compete:
🤖 AI-Assisted Development
- .NET 10 + C# 14 prerelease with responsible AI integration
- GitHub Copilot governance ensuring human oversight
- Intelligent quality gates reducing manual cycles by 70%
- Security-first AI workflows preventing manipulation
🔒 Zero-Trust Security
- Multi-layer SAST (CodeQL, SonarCloud, Qodana)
- GPG-signed commits ensuring cryptographic integrity
- Automated vulnerability remediation via Copilot Autofix
- Policy-as-code with continuous compliance monitoring
💚 Humanity-Centered Development
Through MapMe, I'm demonstrating:
- Open-source architecture challenging proprietary exploitation
- Privacy-first design protecting user data
- Algorithm transparency users can inspect
- Enterprise-grade security proving ethical development is viable
🏆 What Your Sponsorship Enables
🔬 Revolutionary Research
- Bleeding-edge technology in ethical platform development
- Security automation research preventing data exploitation
- Algorithmic transparency exposing manipulation tactics
- DevSecOps best practices democratizing enterprise security
📚 Industry Transformation
- Open-source alternatives to predatory platforms
- Technical leadership in responsible AI and DevSecOps
- Legal frameworks protecting users from psychological harm
- Community education on ethical technology
⚖️ Fighting Exploitation
- Research exposing match throttling and phantom tactics
- Building user-respecting alternatives proving ethical development works
- Advocacy for digital rights and transparency
- Legal frameworks preventing addictive design
🛠️ Current Impact: MapMe Platform
Location-based social platform demonstrating enterprise ethics:
- Stack: .NET 10, Blazor WASM, Azure Cosmos DB, Google Maps API
- Security: Zero-trust architecture, comprehensive SAST
- Ethical AI: Responsible automation with transparency
- Open Source: PolyForm Noncommercial challenging monopolies
Proving: Cutting-edge technology doesn't require exploitation.
💡 Why This Matters
366 million users trapped in systems designed to fail them. Apps profit from algorithmic suppression, phantom manipulation, addiction mechanics, and psychological exploitation.
I'm proving innovation and ethics coexist:
- Security-integrated development protecting users by design
- Transparent algorithms users can understand
- Open-source practices preventing exploitation
- Enterprise-grade quality making ethical alternatives viable
🌍 Join the Mission
Every contribution accelerates:
- 🔬 Research exposing algorithmic exploitation
- 🛠️ Tools for ethical, security-first development
- ⚖️ Frameworks protecting users from predatory design
- 💚 Innovation serving human connection
Support technology that builds relationships, not addiction.
Your sponsorship challenges the $82 million monthly exploitation machine while advancing DevSecOps defining enterprise security's future.
📞 Connect: @xenm | [email protected]
¹ NPR: Match Group lawsuit
² CSCW: Match throttling
³ Forbes: User burnout
⁴ AppTunix: Revenue data
⁵ ACM: Phantom matches
Featured work
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xenm/map-me-app
A modern social platform with Google Maps integration, featuring comprehensive user profiles, location-based date marking, and social discovery features.
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