Learnings

What I build.
What I learn.

Build stories, practical tutorials and lessons from the work, including what did not go to plan.

From the work.

Observations, not final answers

How-To / Oct 14, 2026

S3 storage on your own NAS.

How we run MinIO on our NAS for documents and backups, how we got the full admin console back, and how each app gets a key that only reaches its own bucket.

Build Log / Sep 23, 2026

Shared memory. Under your control.

How we built a local, file-based memory system for Codex, Claude Code and Pi, with Obsidian to read and review the evidence.

Build Log / Sep 20, 2026

WhichSkills: building a tool to review agent skills

How we built a review workflow around static checks, Jev judgments and traceable evidence, with guides to run it yourself.

Build Log / May 17, 2026

The Local Voice Stack — Dictation, AI Cleanup, and Voice Output Running Entirely on Your Mac

A complete voice loop running entirely on a Mac — STT, local LLM cleanup, and TTS. No accounts, no API keys, no monthly bills. Faster than the cloud alternatives, and ready to wire into whatever you ship.

Build Log / Feb 11, 2026

Vynl: Your Music, Your Rules, Your AI DJ

Why I built a listening interface for my own collection, with Beets for library management, Sonos playback and AI-assisted cleanup.

How-To / Feb 7, 2026

Give your agents a search endpoint you control.

How we connected SearXNG to our agents, what self-hosting changes about privacy, and how to run the setup yourself.

Incident Report / Sep 23, 2026

When an agent does not stop.

One background session consumed 46.55 million fresh input tokens. What it taught us about shared capacity, observability and a tested stopping rule.