The Brain Grew a Nervous System — How My Homelab AI Network Learned to Update Itself
The sequel nobody asked for but I’m writing anyway because I’m running on caffeine and the high of watching robots teach themselves new rules...
I Built a Shared Brain for Every AI on My Homelab — From My Phone, at 37,000 Feet
How git, markdown, and sheer stubbornness replaced a $200/month RAG pipeline I’m an airline pilot. I also run what my wife generously calls “too many...
I Fought My Thermostat (And My AI) And I’m Not Sure Who Won
How I replaced a Nest thermostat with an Aqara W200, argued with two different AIs for six hours, and learned that “just adjust the setpoint”...
The Day My Homelab Tried to Kill Me
Or: How a $15 Smart Plug Nearly Took Down an Entire Server Infrastructure It started, as most disasters do, with a completely reasonable question: “Is...
SharkNinja Has Achieved Customer Service Perfection (By Making It Impossible)
I used to recommend Shark vacuums. To friends. Family. Strangers at Home Depot who didn’t ask. That era is over. I need to tell you...
I Replaced My Firewall While Drunk and Only Cried Once
So there I was, three whiskeys deep on a Monday night, staring at a ZimaBoard 2 like it owed me money....
How I Paid Google $5 to Access My Own Devices, Then Fought Their Console for 6 Hours
A tale of OAuth hell, quota purgatory, and the sweet victory of saying “Hey Google, turn on Test Switch” The Mission It started innocently enough....
I Have Too Many Servers and Zero Regrets: A Tour of My Homelab
Posted at 11:47pm on a Wednesday. There is bourbon involved....
The Universal Sass Gateway
I taught a local AI to roast me and then gave it control of my entire life....
When Your Weather Station Gets Chatty
So I decided my Tempest weather station needed to learn how to text me. Because apparently, looking outside like a caveman wasn’t cutting it anymore....