About Lab53

Lab53 is my space for writing about whatever I’m working on, building or thinking through. It is a straightforward record of projects, workflows, homelab experiments, code and ideas.

I’ve been around technology for nearly 35 years. I started by pulling gadgets apart to learn how they worked. That curiosity became a career in IT and consulting. I spend my time coding, running systems and building automation using Go, VB.Net, PHP and MySQL. I use YAML and JSON when I want configuration that is structured and repeatable. On the side there is usually some 3D printing or hardware tinkering.

Away from the screen it is no quieter. A mortgage, a partner, a dog that eats cables and a house full of projects keep things grounded. That personal side appears across the site.

If you’ve found Lab53 while working on something similar or want to compare notes, you’re welcome. Take what is useful, skip what is not, and if you need clarification on a post use the site’s contact form.