AI builder’s field notebook
Real systems. Honest notes.
I document the engineering decisions, evidence, failure modes, privacy trade-offs, and real outcomes behind AI-assisted products and personal infrastructure.
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My Self-Hosted Setup in 2026: kalc-server, kalc-nas, and the Software Between Them
A tour of how I split compute, storage, AI tools, photos, media, personal apps, and backups across an Ubuntu mini PC and a Synology NAS.
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- homelab
- ai
- open-source
- infrastructure