Sysadmin by accident. Operator by instinct.

JakeMcIlravey.

a.k.a. JakeyPrime

Jake McIlravey, a.k.a. JakeyPrime, is a sysadmin and devops engineer from Crystal Beach, Ontario. He's been running servers since he was fourteen, ran his first production fleet at sixteen, and has since built and operated platforms that have served hundreds of millions of users.

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100M+
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850
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Jake McIlravey, a.k.a. JakeyPrime, is a sysadmin and devops engineer from Crystal Beach, Ontario. He's been running servers since he was fourteen, ran his first production fleet at sixteen, and has since built and operated platforms that have served hundreds of millions of users. 

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Things thatkeep running.

01active

Zira

Reaction-role infrastructure for Discord, scaling to hundreds of millions of users.

TypeScriptNode.jsMariaDBRedisDocker Swarm
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02active

Hep.gg

Developer tools for the modern developer, and a link shortener that actually survives a hug of death.

Next.jsSelf-hosted S3MariaDBRedis
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03active

HepBoat

Moderation at Discord scale, for moderators who don't want to babysit.

PythonPostgreSQLRedisdiscord.py
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04active

Streamgate

The edge mirror that keeps hep.gg reachable when everything else is on fire.

Node.jsSQLiteWebSocketsRedis
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05active

Misc Discord Bots

A half-dozen smaller bots that do one thing each, well.

ErisAthenaNode.jsPython
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From Minecraft hostingto Fortune 500.

  1. 2016

    LumenGaming

    Operator & Lead Sysadminhanded off

    Took over operations of a Minecraft game-hosting business at 16. Grew a bare-metal fleet that served 1,200+ paying customers and peaked at 850 concurrently-hosted Minecraft servers on an $8,500/mo infrastructure spend. The job that accidentally became the career.

    • Took over operations at age 16
    • Scaled to 1,200+ customers, peak 850 concurrent servers
    • Ran an $8.5k/mo bare-metal footprint profitably
  2. 2019

    Team Hydra

    Founderactive

    A software development studio building for Discord-native brands and social agencies. Works as a first-party developer for Discord themselves and has shipped for Gucci, Nickelodeon, PicsArt, Hoyoverse, Scopely, and dozens more Fortune 500 partners.

    • First-party Discord development partner
    • Shipped for Gucci, Nickelodeon, Hoyoverse, Scopely, PicsArt
    • Dozens of Fortune 500 client engagements
  3. 2024

    A non-profit that recycles donated hardware and runs free computer and technology classes for communities that can't otherwise access them — elderly residents, disabled folks, and anyone the industry tends to leave behind.

    • Founded 2024
    • Hardware recycling + refurbishment pipeline
    • Free community tech education
  4. 2025

    Sunrise Unified IT

    Founderlaunching

    A managed-services provider serving small and medium businesses across Ontario's Niagara Region. Currently finalizing launch — bringing enterprise-grade operations practice to clients who've never had it.

    • Founded late 2025
    • Focused on the Niagara Region, Ontario
    • Launch in progress

Everything hereis actually on.

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JakeyPrime
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now · 2026-04-14

The year of uptime, optimization, and automation.

what I'm focused on

Written down so Idon't re-derive it.