Field notes.
Things I’ve learned, broken, or refined — written down so I don’t forget, and shared in case they help someone else.
An AI agent in my homelab
An agent in a container that helps run the house — what it does, and the fences that make me okay with it.
AIHermesHome LabSelf-hostingAutomationHTTPS for services the internet can't reach
A home lab isn't publicly reachable — DNS-01 and a wildcard cert fix it in one line of Caddy, plus the renewal gotcha.
Self-hostingHome LabCaddyTLSNetworkingA DNS server for the house — and why Technitium
What your own resolver actually buys you — and why Technitium over the usual stack.
NetworkingDNSSelf-hostingHome LabTechnitiumRenovate as a one-shot container
Renovate without a scheduler or CI — a container that scans, opens PRs, and exits.
Self-hostingForgejoRenovateHome LabDockerTailscale on a UniFi gateway
Tailscale on a UCG Fiber as subnet router and exit node — the whole home network in my pocket.
NetworkingTailscaleSelf-hostingHome LabYou don't need Vercel: a static site on Swiss hosting
Why I host on Swiss servers instead of a US cloud — data sovereignty, renewable power, one rsync command.
HostingAstroSwitzerlandWeb Development