About Lab53

Lab53 is my space for writing about whatever I am working on, building, or thinking through. It is not a polished publication, just a record of the projects, workflows, homelab experiments, coding, and ideas that keep me occupied.

I have been around technology for nearly 35 years. I started out pulling apart gadgets and teaching myself how they worked, and over time that curiosity grew into a career in IT and consulting. I have spent years coding, running systems, and building automation. I work with GOlang, VB.Net, PHP, and MySQL, and I make heavy use of YAML and JSON when I want things structured and reliable. On the side, there is usually some 3D printing or hardware tinkering on the go.

The blog is an extension of that long habit of learning and documenting. Some posts are detailed write-ups, some are short notes to myself, and some are about workflows I have built to make life easier. It is a mix, but it is all genuine, written as I go.

Away from the screen, life is no less busy. A mortgage, a partner, a dog with an appetite for cables, and a house full of projects all keep things grounded. That personal side runs through the site.

If you have found this site while working on something similar, or simply want to compare notes, you are welcome. Take what is useful, skip what is not, and if you want to get in touch, do.