[{"content":"This is my 36-container Docker server: a small home lab built to run the services I actually use while giving me a place to experiment.\nWhat it runs Jellyfin for media Sonarr and Radarr for automation Navidrome for music Grafana for monitoring Vikunja for task management Local AI services The hardware is intentionally modest: a ThinkCentre, an RTX 1060, and a lot of stubbornness.\nWhat I learned The interesting part isn\u0026rsquo;t getting a container running. It\u0026rsquo;s making the whole stack reliable: backups, networking, updates, monitoring, and knowing what to do when something inevitably breaks.\nMore documentation will be added as the homelab evolves.\n","permalink":"https://jobatronic.com/projects/homelab/","summary":"A compact Docker homelab running media, monitoring, productivity, and local AI services.","title":"Self-Hosted Homelab"},{"content":"A compact automation controller built around an ESP32.\nGoals Monitor temperature and humidity Automatically control ventilation Keep a manual override available Log readings for later analysis The project is deliberately simple: inexpensive sensors, straightforward control logic, and hardware that can be repaired instead of thrown away.\nNext steps The next revision will add better enclosure design, longer-term data logging, and a cleaner terminal block layout.\n","permalink":"https://jobatronic.com/projects/esp32-greenhouse/","summary":"A small ESP32-based controller for monitoring temperature, humidity, and greenhouse ventilation.","title":"ESP32 Greenhouse Controller"},{"content":"A practical home-automation project: make the garage lights turn on when somebody walks in without making the system annoying.\nThe controller combines motion detection with a manual switch and an automatic timeout. The important design decision was keeping a physical control path available even if the network or home-automation server is offline.\nResult The system is simple enough to forget about, which is usually my definition of a successful automation project.\n","permalink":"https://jobatronic.com/projects/garage-lighting/","summary":"Motion-aware garage lighting with manual controls and an automatic timeout.","title":"Smart Garage Lighting"},{"content":"A small production-style test fixture for assembled PCBs.\nThe fixture provides a repeatable way to power a board, expose test points, and verify the important signals before final assembly.\nWhy build one? Testing one board by hand is fine. Testing the same board repeatedly gets tedious quickly.\nA fixture turns a collection of probes and improvised wires into a repeatable process—and makes debugging much easier when a board doesn\u0026rsquo;t behave as expected.\n","permalink":"https://jobatronic.com/projects/pcb-test-fixture/","summary":"A reusable fixture for quickly testing assembled boards before they go into a finished enclosure.","title":"PCB Test Fixture"}]