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Side Projects

Outside of work, I enjoy building and tinkering with new projects. Here are a few of them.

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Budgetocity

A tool that helps you manage your budget based on your income rather than your expenses — a smarter approach than traditional budgeting apps.

KubernetesDockerAWSNode.jsGraphQLDynamoDBiOSReactCI/CD
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AskWWJD

A tool that helps you ask 'What Would Jesus Do?' in a fun and easy way. Built with a backend LLM — a great project for exploring prompt engineering.

AWSGenAIPrompt EngineeringNode.jsGraphQLDynamoDB
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Pro by Budgetocity

A suite of tools that help manage business interactions with customers, streamlining small business processes to help owners scale.

AWSTerraformDockerReactNode.jsCI/CDMonitoring
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gitlab-mcp-server

An open source MCP server for interacting with GitLab. Provides a way for LLMs to interact with GitLab for managing projects, users, and automations.

Node.jsTypeScriptModel Context ProtocolGitLab APIDockerOpen Source

Home Server

In Progress

A self-hosted home server build covering private LLM hosting with Ollama, home automation, and custom networking configuration — a hands-on way to deepen skills in infrastructure, Linux administration, and self-hosted tooling.

ProxmoxDockerOllamaHome AssistantLinuxNetworking

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