Dev, Travel, Blogging

Over a decade of progressive professional software development experience in conjunction with more than two decades as a hobbyist developer has pushed me to reduce the burden of support and cost of delivery by writing highly-maintainable software of the highest caliber.

This blog is intended to be a personal collection of experiences/rants, journaling to tech related, things and other things that may be appropriate to share in a blog.

• Remotely Accessing Your Local AI Services with Wake-on-LAN & a Web Proxy

  Posted on July 1, 2025

  After a decade of relying on laptops, I recently built a desktop PC and transformed it into a dedicated AI server. While equipped with powerful components, including a high-end Nvidia graphics card, I prioritized energy efficiency through power management. I configured the system to suspend when idle and utilize hybrid... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • AI
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Wake-on-LAN
  • WoL
  • Home Server
  • Linux
  • Docker
  • Networking
  • Raspberry Pi
  • AI PC
  • Remote Access
  • System Administration
  • Ollama
  • Low Power
  • Serverless
  • Automation
  • Network Configuration
  • Wireless
  • Intel
  • Self-hosting
  • Mediatek

• Kafka in 2025: A Clean Docker Compose Setup Without ZooKeeper

  Posted on June 26, 2025

  Kafka has changed a lot in the last few years. Zookeeper has been removed, one Kafka docker container maker has stopped making containers, and the configurations have changed. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • kafka
  • docker
  • docker-compose
  • kafka-setup
  • zookeeper
  • kraft
  • bitnami
  • kafka-docker
  • kafka-configuration
  • kafka-broker
  • containerization
  • kafka-topics
  • kafka-listeners
  • kafka-without-zookeeper
  • kafka-tools
  • kafka-hosts
  • kafka-networking
  • devops
  • data-streaming
  • kafka-deployment

• Following Up on 'New Adventures', the progress so far

  Posted on June 18, 2025

  Previously I wrote a blog post about what my next adventure will be in software development. I had quite an ambitious list of things I wanted to learn and accomplish. However, life happens and I wasn’t able to accomplish nearly what I set out to, theres still time, but that... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • blog
  • website
  • development
  • liquid
  • XML
  • XSLT
  • Jekyll
  • AI
  • automation
  • coding
  • site
  • writing
  • coding
  • proxyai
  • ollama
  • qwen
  • rag
  • openai
  • copilot
  • chatgpt
  • github
  • elixir
  • rust
  • self-hosting
  • localai

• Project: Page Recommender

  Posted on June 17, 2025

  This page documents a previous project that was done in the early years of my schooling. The reason for posting this on the blog is due to an ongoing effort to modernize the site. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • projects
  • pagerank
  • apachelogs
  • parsing
  • java

• Project: Financial Stock Strategy and Simulator

  Posted on June 17, 2025

  This project is a system of sub-projects that manage a large collection of securities and quotes, updates the data, tests strategies, and compares performance. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • project
  • java
  • hibernate
  • soap
  • xml
  • postgresql
  • junit
  • jasperreports
  • bash
  • dsl
  • bigdata

• Project: FunnyHats (Computer Vision)

  Posted on June 17, 2025

  This page documents a previous project that was done in the early years of my schooling. The reason for posting this on the blog is due to an ongoing effort to modernize the site. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • projects
  • schoolwork
  • facedetection
  • imagemanipulation
  • java
  • computervision

• Project: 404Browser

  Posted on June 17, 2025

  This page documents a previous project that was done in the early years of my schooling. The reason for posting this on the blog is due to an ongoing effort to modernize the site. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • projects
  • webbrowser
  • visualc++
  • rss
  • statisticalbasedscoring

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