The JD Suite
Updating the /about page
updating the /about page of the main site to get rid of AI Filler and addressing SCSS formatting issues
Journal
Engineering
Journal.
My Engineering Journal. Gotta document the process.
The JD Suite
Journal Backend Setup
Setting up the backend for the JDSuite Journal Entries. API, SQL, Database.Service
The JD Suite
Setting Up the Engineering Journal
Creating the first database-backed journal entry for The JD Suite.
The JD Suite
Turning The JD Suite Into a View of the Systems Behind It
Redesigning the personal site so it represents not just finished projects, but the infrastructure, experiments, and engineering decisions behind them.
WhiteLotus / Jellyfin
Experimenting With H.265 Media Compression
Investigating hardware-accelerated HEVC encoding as a way to reduce the storage footprint of a growing Jellyfin library.
LotusSentinel
Building LotusSentinel
Creating a small independent monitoring system capable of watching the rest of the JD Suite infrastructure.
Nextcloud / BlackLotus
Moving Nextcloud Toward BlackLotus
Rebuilding the private-cloud stack in Docker as part of the effort to separate application services from WhiteLotus.
BudgetBridge
Debugging Date Handling in BudgetBridge
Tracking down incorrect transaction dates across Python, imported bank statements, and MySQL.
BudgetBridge
Preventing Duplicate Transactions in BudgetBridge
Replacing exception-based duplicate handling with explicit transaction comparison before inserting financial records.
BudgetBridge
Building BudgetBridge's MySQL Layer
Moving BudgetBridge toward persistent transaction storage using Python, MySQL, environment variables, and reusable database primitives.
The JD Suite
Building a Database-Backed Engineering Journal
Turning the Engineering Journal from a static Angular page into a database-backed application powered by WhiteLotus.
BlackLotus
Why MySQL 9.7 Wouldn't Run on BlackLotus
Diagnosing a container that immediately crashed revealed a hardware compatibility limitation in BlackLotus's older processor.
Home Lab
Splitting WhiteLotus and BlackLotus Responsibilities
Reworking the JD Suite home-lab architecture so WhiteLotus could focus on media workloads while BlackLotus took over lighter always-on infrastructure services.