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Build LogFebruary 21, 2026·14 min read

I Built an AI News Digest with n8n and Claude API — Here's Everything That Went Wrong (and How I Fixed It)

A chronological build log of creating a 27-node n8n workflow that fetches 10 RSS feeds, deduplicates with Levenshtein matching, extracts full text via Jina Reader, analyzes with Claude Haiku, compiles with Claude Sonnet, and delivers to Slack — for $0.10/day.

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Build LogFebruary 21, 2026·17 min read

I Built a 9-Service Homelab Monitoring Stack and Shipped It as a Product — Here's the Full Build Log

A chronological build log of creating a complete homelab monitoring stack with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, cAdvisor, Alertmanager, and Uptime Kuma — 9 Docker services, 7 dashboards, 68 panels, 23 alert rules. Every decision and error documented.

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Build LogFebruary 21, 2026·11 min read

I Built a Homelab Health Dashboard with n8n and AI — SSH Metrics, Docker Stats, and a Daily Digest That Actually Tells You Something

Build log of creating a 32-node n8n workflow that SSHes into your homelab, collects 30+ system and Docker metrics, analyzes them with GPT-4o-mini, and delivers a 4-embed health dashboard to Discord — plus 5-minute critical alerts.

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Build LogFebruary 21, 2026·9 min read

I Built a Docker-Aware Backup Stack with Automated Restore Verification — Here's the Full Build Log

A chronological build log of creating a Docker-label-driven backup orchestration system with restic encryption, deduplication, 5 profiles, and the homelab's first automated restore verification.

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