Web console to inventory switches, pull live ports and VLANs, push interface config, and run a guarded CLI over SSH — even when modern clients refuse the old crypto.

FastAPI + asyncssh + React. Credentials encrypted at rest. Prefer host networking when Docker can’t see a secondary NIC.

Tagged assets, locations, checkout history, photos and hand receipts — without a database server. Air-gapped fonts, Docker + nginx, CA certs pasted in the UI.

Next.js 15 stack. Anyone can read; admins mutate. First launch creates the only initial administrator.

A tiny always-on TFT in the rack that shows UniFi Wi‑Fi client counts and whether the internet is up — fed by Home Assistant over MQTT. No laptop, no UniFi UI.

Adafruit ESP32‑S2 Reverse TFT Feather, PlatformIO / Arduino, and four jimborack/* topics published about every 10 seconds.

Read the full hardware, architecture, and firmware notes on the write-up page.

Local brain for the house — automations that drive real hardware, including the rack TFT via MQTT UniFi client publishes.

Broader HA write-up (dashboards, Zigbee/ESP nodes, backups) is still expanding.

Stable Wi‑Fi (Main / Pod / Guest), Protect cameras, IoT in its lane — and numbers that feed the rack display without opening the UniFi UI.

VLAN cleanup for chatty smart junk is still on the list so camera streams stay boring-reliable.

Real-house testing — what worked after living with it, and what got returned. Smart home, garage tools, lighting, honest buy/skip notes.

Hydrolocked E90 diesel going back together on camera — walkaround, teardown, parts, rebuild, first start.

Front clip is off and the failure mode is confirmed. Series episodes will track the full revival.

Daily-driver how-tos for keeping an older Volvo reliable without throwing money at it — fluids, filters, tune-ups, and beginner detailing.

Cleaner YouTube without a full studio budget — lights, parking angle, camera mounts for the 335d and whatever else rolls in.