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A software engineer's after-hours projects: homelab, home automation, and DIY electronics.

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Vaultwarden

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Self-Host Vaultwarden on Proxmox

Oct 22, 2026

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14 min read

Self-Host Vaultwarden on Proxmox

Replacing Apple Passwords with Bitwarden clients, family sharing, and one vault address at home and away.

Richard Venneman
Richard Venneman

RGBW

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Rebuilding My Logo Sign with WLED

Sep 17, 2026

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1 min read

Rebuilding My Logo Sign with WLED

A QuinLED Dig-Next-2, leftover COB strip, and the WLED settings that got it working again.

Automation

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Automating Proxmox Backups with Home Assistant

Aug 27, 2026

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7 min read

Automating Proxmox Backups with Home Assistant

Wake PBS via WoL, backup PVE, and shut down, automatically

Richard Venneman
Richard Venneman

Addressable LEDs

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Autonomous RGB Rack Cooling with ESPHome and QuinLED

Apr 2, 2026

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6 min read

Autonomous RGB Rack Cooling with ESPHome and QuinLED

I built fully autonomous cooling and per-unit LED control for my rack-based homelab

Richard Venneman
Richard Venneman

AI

+5

Run OpenClaw with Local Models via Ollama

Feb 26, 2026

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5 min read

Run OpenClaw with Local Models via Ollama

Three GPUs, three config fixes, and the honest limits of local AI agents

Richard Venneman
Richard Venneman

AI

+4

Self-Host Moltbot on Proxmox

Jan 30, 2026

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6 min read

Self-Host Moltbot on Proxmox

VM Isolation for AI Agents That Have Shell Access

Richard Venneman
Richard Venneman
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