With 15+ years of experience, I specialize in self-hosting, AI automation, and Vibe Coding – building applications using AI-powered tools like Google Antigravity, Dyad, and Cline. From homelabs to enterprise solutions.
Technical notes, walkthroughs, and troubleshooting write-ups focused on self-hosting, automation, networking, and developer tooling.
Why I Hit This Wall I run Continue.dev in VS Code connected to local Ollama models on my Proxmox server. The setup works well for small tasks—quick...
Why I Started Obsessing Over File Size I host a collection of small browser-based tools and games on my Proxmox setup. These aren't complex web apps—they're...
Why I Built This Pipeline I run Immich on a Raspberry Pi as a private photo sharing platform for family and friends. I don't use it as my primary photo...
Implementing CLI Agent Workflows for Automated Homelab Provisioning (What I can and can’t write honestly) Why I worked on this I can’t truthfully say...
Why I Started Hosting Tiny Web Games I've been running game servers for years—mostly Minecraft, Valheim, that sort of thing. They're resource-heavy, need...
Why I can’t write this as a “real journey” yet This topic only works if I describe what I actually ran: which box I installed Tailscale on, where...
Why I worked on this Home Assistant’s built-in backup tool is fine for a single destination, but I wanted two things it still won’t do out of the box: Push...
Why I Built Prometheus Alerting for Systemd Timer Failures I run several systemd timers on my Proxmox host and inside various VMs. They handle backups, log...
Why I Built This I run a mixed environment at home: Debian VMs on Proxmox, Alpine containers for lightweight services, and a handful of Docker Compose stacks...
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