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On r/self-hosted today someone asked the question: What have you vibe-coded for yourself only? My desk is covered with test equipment: switch, NAS (mac mini running FreeBSD), raspberry pis. Since mid-January, I used Claude Code to create Version 1.0 of my home lab.

1. Prototype a CMS: Wrote a configuration management system prototype using makefile, shell, yq: I don’t want python or a JVM in my systems, and I wanted to experiment. From what I learned, I will probably build a fully-fledged CMS app over the summer. Although I run primarily on FreeBSD, it will have Linux integration. If it’s stable and I like it, I’ll release it as open source.

I have a very particular problem: I want to synchronize my Obsidian files across all of my apple devices (Replication), synchronize them to my non-apple devices (also Replication) and make sure they are backed up to protect from corruption or deletion (Backup).

I prefer to use native, free tools especially when they work well. In which case I ought to use iCloud for replication and Time Machine for backups. Unfortunately, iCloud doesn’t work with non-apple devices and Time Machine experiences a fatal corruption every 2-4 years¹.

Come for the stories. Stay for the (mostly) FreeBSD content.

I came to FreeBSD in a round about way.

For years, I have intended to create a place on the internet to record my thoughts and projects. I have a problem, however; a serious case of NIH¹. Five years ago, to learn AWS I wrote my own markdown to SSG system complete with photo integration. I made it fairly far along until life intervened and I never finished. So, no webite, no blog.