AI makes exposed configuration easier to analyze. Why I moved my live homelab setup into a private repository while keeping reviewed examples public.
NOTES & LOGS
Ideas, build logs, and technical explorations from a curious maker.
Wildcat Projects gives my builds, experiments, and videos a home. This blog is still where I write about the problems, decisions, and lessons along the way.
Photos can quietly include precise location data. Here is how I check for it and strip it automatically before an image leaves my computer.
Why I swapped SpendSeer's serious navy-and-gold look for a paper notebook style with stickers, tape, and a little confetti, now that I'm building it for me.
Why I gave the site a full sketchbook-style makeover, how easy it was to experiment with AI, and why you still have to check the work.
Piecing together a custom heater setup for my backyard pool
How SpendSeer changed after launch, from the original yearly overview to better imports, recurring payment detection, loan reviews, goal context, and operational polish.
How I tested whether server-local AI could handle financial document extraction well enough to avoid relying on a large hosted model API.
What I learned turning a homelab budgeting tool into my first paid SaaS, and why the post itself got delayed.
Building my own Kubernetes deployment platform driven by Git webhooks to simplify deploying all my side projects, and what I learned about AI-assisted development along the way.