Home Server & Infrastructure Lab
Self-hosted portfolio, Plex, Immich photo backup, and 15+ services on a Dell R720 + Raspberry Pi cluster with Proxmox orchestration and AI-powered surveillance.
15 projects, from production systems running in my homelab to class builds recruiters still ask about. Filter by stack.
Self-hosted portfolio, Plex, Immich photo backup, and 15+ services on a Dell R720 + Raspberry Pi cluster with Proxmox orchestration and AI-powered surveillance.
Multi-asset algorithmic trading framework — stocks & options via Alpaca, crypto via Binance/Bybit testnet, forex via OANDA. Paired with a Gunicorn-served market simulator for backtesting strategies before going live. All traffic routed through WireGuard via a dedicated PIA VPN gateway.
Self-hosted ChatGPT-style assistant with multi-provider routing — Groq for speed, local Ollama for privacy, NVIDIA NIM for heavy lifting. PIN-gated access, manual morning briefing, SQLite history. Pulls context from my tickets, calendar, and projects.
11 specialized bots that keep my infrastructure self-healing — secrets scanning, backups, SSL expiry, dependency audits, every-30-min frontend smoke tests, git hygiene, knowledge drift, scheduler canary, stale ticket cleanup, auto-triage, and uptime monitoring. All findings file tickets via API.
Self-hosted personal finance dashboard with Plaid bank integration, automatic transaction categorization, budget tracking, and net worth charts. Built with Next.js, deployed on home lab.
Self-hosted Jira-style ticket tracker. Single source of truth for bugs, features, and ops issues across 11+ projects. External API for automated ticket creation, full kanban board, project routing, and audit trail.
Production helpdesk system serving customer support tickets across multiple business ventures. Departments, SLA policies, knowledge base, email integration via Cloudflare Routing, agent workflows.
Automated weekly security auditor that scans every codebase for committed secrets, dependency vulnerabilities, and broken links. Files findings as tickets via API with deduplication. Caught a leaked Plaid key on first run.
E-commerce platform for Islamic clothing and accessories — thobes, abayas, prayer mats, oud attar, Umrah kits. Multi-currency (USD/CAD/GBP), Square Web Payments SDK, free shipping over $75. Self-hosted to skip Shopify fees.
Cross-platform fintech app with BLoC state management, secure payment processing via Deno/TypeScript, and REST APIs on serverless architecture.
OOP-based task management app using linked lists, stacks, and queues with persistent storage, priority scheduling, and undo functionality.
Tracks restaurant stock levels with full CRUD, prevents waste, auto-generates purchasing suggestions, and exports CSV reports.
Self-hosted fitness tracking app for logging workouts, tracking progress, and monitoring fitness goals. Built and deployed on my home lab infrastructure.
Full-stack Flask web app for event RSVPs with validation, response dashboard, attendance tracking, and CSV export.
Real-time CLI dashboard monitoring CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics with threshold alerts and historical logging — built for home lab observability.
Game AI using recursion + minimax with alpha-beta pruning and a debugging UI.
Simulated high-stakes choices for self-driving cars with analytics on moral frameworks.
Custom bash shell clone with piping, I/O redirection, process control, and history.
Course Spotlights
I turn every assignment into something portfolio-worthy. These are the builds recruiters often ask me about during interviews.
Built branching storylines that visualize trolley-problem scenarios, captured player sentiment, and prepared a classroom talk on AI ethics.
Modeled ingredient depletion, labor, shipping, and packaging to forecast bakery margins and flag unprofitable custom orders.
Implemented a Bash-like CLI with piping, I/O redirection, job control, and a persistent history file. Instrumented with strace to profile syscalls.
Iterated on the restaurant ops tool with REST APIs, authentication, and dashboards built with Plotly to share analytics with partners.