Product Concept / Early Build
Senior Tech Companion
An early support kit, landing page, and printable guide concept for helping older adults with device confidence, scam awareness, account organization, and calmer support preparation.
Product Experiments
Ideas that turn repair, automation, and support experience into useful tools and service concepts.
A collection of product ideas and experiments based on real repair work, homelab projects, automation workflows, and customer support problems.
Experiments
Product and Service Concepts
Active / Debugging
Hermes AI Agent
Local-first AI assistant and project memory system using LM Studio, Qwen model experiments, OpenCode, Codex/GPT workflows, and an Obsidian/Git-backed memory vault.
Active / Building
Hermes LabOps
Self-hosted dashboard for documenting homelab services, visualizing status, tracking operational notes, and preparing safe AI-assisted infrastructure workflows.
Deployment In Progress
Self-Hosted 1099 Tax Planner
A local-first finance app for 1099 workers with income, expenses, quarterly tax planning, reports, local auth, tests, builds, and Docker deployment work.
Active / Setup
Preston Client Hosting Workflow
Small-business website workflow using Google Form intake, AI-assisted starter content, Docker/Proxmox hosting, Cloudflare Tunnel exposure, and repeatable deployment packaging.
Active / Administering
FTB Evolution Server Administration
Minecraft server administration focused on Linux service management, DDNS automation, Uptime Kuma monitoring, backups, updates, and handoff documentation.
Planned / Next Up
Homelab Status Dashboard
A public-safe status dashboard that starts with static service/project data and can later use a sanitized JSON export without exposing infrastructure details.
Planned / Building Content
Repair Documentation Toolkit
Diagnostic templates for Windows, macOS, Wi-Fi, battery compatibility, gaming crashes, display/GPU troubleshooting, and customer handoff notes.
Planned / Workflow Case Study
Offline Email Archive Package
A structured support concept based on real support patterns around preserving old Gmail/Yahoo messages and attachments with clear expectations.
These product experiments are not all finished products. They represent ideas I am exploring as I learn how to turn practical technical work into clearer, more useful support systems.