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 Started Using Caddy for Local AI Endpoints I run several AI models locally through Ollama, along with Open WebUI and n8n for workflow automation. These...
Why I Built a DNS Sinkhole on Raspberry Pi I run several Docker containers in my homelab—some for automation, some for testing, and a few that handle...
Why I Set Up Rate Limiting on My SMTP Relay I run a self-hosted SMTP relay on my Proxmox homelab. It handles outbound email for several services: monitoring...
Why I Built This I needed a way to bypass network restrictions that were blocking standard VPN protocols. The network I was dealing with had aggressive Deep...
Why I Built This I run several n8n instances that handle everything from event notifications to data processing workflows. These automations run 24/7, and when...
Why I Set This Up I run local LLM inference on consumer GPUs in Docker containers on my Proxmox host. These aren't datacenter cards—they're gaming GPUs...
Why I Built This I run multiple AI models across different machines in my home lab. Some run locally on Proxmox VMs with GPU passthrough, others on a Mac Mini...
Why I Built This Integration I've been running Home Assistant on my network for years, controlling everything from lights to climate systems through MQTT. The...
Why I Decided to Run a Local AI Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 5 I've been running n8n workflows on my Raspberry Pi 5 for months now, mostly for task automation...
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