Selected Projects
Projects
I like building things that solve real problems. Some of these projects came from business needs, some from curiosity, and some from wanting to better understand the systems I work with every day.
Infrastructure
Homelab Project
An evolving home infrastructure project built to deepen my understanding of networking, storage, virtualization, self-hosted services, and system design.
- Networking and service design
- Self-hosted tools and experimentation
- Hands-on hardware and platform work
Hardware Build
Homemade Offset Smoker
A build project driven by equal parts stubbornness and curiosity. I wanted to create something functional, learn in the process, and end up with a smoker that was actually mine.
- DIY design and fabrication
- Iterative problem solving
- Function over flash
Systems
Raspberry Pi Mail Server
A practical experiment in building a full mail stack on constrained hardware. It worked, taught me a lot, and also reinforced why some solutions are better as learning exercises than long-term products.
- Mail stack setup and delivery
- Infrastructure troubleshooting
- Real-world lessons learned
Operations
Process & Automation Work
A collection of process improvements, scripting, and workflow cleanup projects aimed at reducing friction, increasing visibility, and making routine work less painful.
- Workflow improvement
- Automation and scripting
- Operational visibility
More Coming
Additional Builds
I’m continuing to add projects that better show the overlap between technical depth, practical delivery, and real-world usefulness.
The common thread in all of this is pretty simple: I like understanding how things work, improving them, and building solutions that are actually useful.
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