đģ Blog moved from PikaPods to MagicPages, and it's been a smoother ride. Still on Ghost CMS, still writing more than I'm tinkering with the platform â which is the goal.
đ¨đģâđģ The homelab has grown considerably. Still on Unraid, still running the full *arr stack, but the big shift lately has been migrating from Plex to Jellyfin, documenting the whole thing as a blog series. Jellyseerr is now the request frontend, Authentik handles SSO across the stack via OIDC, and I've got Grafana/Prometheus monitoring running on a dedicated Raspberry Pi. The monitoring setup has become its own rabbit hole.
đ Stood up Authentik as a central identity provider for the homelab under a home domain. Getting single sign-on working across Jellyfin, Homebox, and other services has been satisfying, even when it wasn't.
đ Working on getting a proper ebook and audiobook library set up on Unraid. PDF management, library organization, the works.
đŧ Still managing IT for a local church, networks, cameras, cloud services, print servers, the full stack. Recently built out a receipt-matching and expense reconciliation system in Google Apps Script that I'm quietly proud of.
đą The roses are still getting attention. The woodworking tools remain patient. The security cameras are now identifying every bird that visits the yard, which my wife and I did not expect to enjoy as much as we do.
đī¸ Following the Formula 1 season closely. I'm a Max Verstappen fan, so 2025 was a gut punch. Norris took the title at the final race in Abu Dhabi by just 2 points, ending Max's four-year consecutive championship run. 2026 has been an even wilder reset, new power unit regulations, a 50/50 ICE-to-electric split, active aerodynamics, and new teams like Audi and Cadillac joining the grid have completely reshuffled the pecking order. Max is currently sitting 7th with 43 points through five races, while a rookie, Kimi Antonelli at Mercedes â is leading the whole field. It's chaotic and I'm here for it, even when it's painful.
đšī¸ Playing Arc Raiders and Forza Horizon 6 on PC