Notes archive
Building, fixing, automating, and learning.
Field notes across software, hardware, and infrastructure, written with enough context to follow the system and enough detail to understand the tradeoffs.
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Debugging a connected vehicle integration in Home Assistant
A field note on separating authentication, reads, entity setup, and unresolved commands in a connected-vehicle integration.
A small object-detection automation that made the lab feel real
A story about using camera object detection and smart home automation for a funny household problem.
What my homelab taught me about reliability
A short note on DNS, backups, snapshots, sync, updates, and knowing which services actually matter.
Practical AI agent workflows for personal automation
A short note on using AI helpers for planning, documentation, release review, and project work.
Secure remote access without traditional VPN pain
Notes on combining private overlay access and identity-protected browser access without turning the lab into a public target map.
Building my personal homelab: goals and architecture
A short note on building a useful lab with a stable core, experimental edge, remote access, and clear documentation.