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Tech, beer, and the occasional banjo tune.

Recent Posts

Beacon: A Free Skylight Alternative for Home Assistant Users

April 4, 2026

Skylight Calendar 2 costs $300 plus $79/year for the good features — and it doesn't talk to Home Assistant. Beacon is free, open source, and runs as an HA add-on on a Pi and a $100 monitor.

Using AI to Lighten the Mental Load at Home

March 23, 2026

Why I built HomeClaw — a purpose-built AI agent for managing household inventory, meal planning, and the constant mental calculus of running a family.

From One to Many: The Unplanned Emergence of an AI Pantheon

March 6, 2026

How a single home-management AI agent evolved into a team of specialized agents — and what it taught me about scaling AI through organizational design.

Building a DNS Incident Timer

February 4, 2026

A Raspberry Pi project that displays how long it's been since the last DNS failure, complete with a satisfying audio notification when someone presses the reset button

Getting Back to Blogging

August 26, 2025

After a 5-year hiatus, I'm reviving my blog with a fresh theme and renewed enthusiasm

How Homebrewing Saved Me from Burnout

March 15, 2018

Finding balance between tech and craft through the art of brewing

Projects

Veeam CLI

Unified command-line tool for managing Veeam backup infrastructure — VBR, Veeam ONE, VSPC, Recovery Orchestrator, and Kasten K10. 57+ commands across all five products.

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Veeam MCP Servers

Model Context Protocol servers for the full Veeam product suite — Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Service Provider Console, Recovery Orchestrator, and Kasten K10. TypeScript monorepo with shared core library.

MCPTypeScriptVeeamBackupMonorepo
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DNS Incident Timer

Physical 'days since last incident' counter using Raspberry Pi and RGB LED matrix. Features web UI, Prometheus metrics, and satisfying audio on reset.

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HomeClaw

A local-first AI home management agent that handles groceries, meal planning, recipes, and chore tracking through WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord. Powered by Ollama with Grocy integration via MCP.

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MSP Claude Plugins

A comprehensive suite of Claude Code plugins, CLI tools, and MCP servers for managed service providers. Integrates with Autotask, Datto RMM, IT Glue, HaloPSA, ConnectWise, NinjaOne, Syncro, Atera, Huntress, and more.

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Astro Docs Skill

Claude Code skill for scaffolding and developing Astro v5 projects with correct patterns — content collections, routing, integrations, and live doc fetching.

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GitHub Projects Skill

Claude Code skill and Taskmaster hook for conversational GitHub Projects management — create, update, and track project items without leaving the terminal.

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DocuGen

AI-powered documentation generator for web and desktop workflows — produces step-by-step guides with annotated screenshots, contextual explanations, and prerequisites.

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Autotask MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server for Kaseya Autotask PSA — 39 tools for managing companies, tickets, contacts, projects, time entries, and more.

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