Guides & Tutorials

30 guides across 6 categories. Step-by-step documentation of real projects — not polished tutorials, but honest records of what worked.

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Raspberry Pi & Hardware

8 guides

RPi 5 projects, Hailo-10H & Hailo-8L NPU acceleration, solar-powered servers, and hardware-specific guides for makers and tinkerers running real workloads on ARM.

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Self-Hosting & Security

9 guides

Keep your infrastructure secure and under your own control with practical self-hosting guides covering server hardening, network security, offline knowledge hosting, and offline-first architecture.

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The integrated self-hosted system behind the consulting practice — platform architecture, service maps, M365 integration patterns, and the design principles that tie everything together on a single Raspberry Pi 5.

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Inventory Systems

4 guides

Build and maintain your own inventory management — no SaaS, no subscription, your data on your hardware. From OSWA-Inv basics to production deployment.

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Maker & DIY

4 guides

Philosophy, 3D printing, mesh networking, and creative coding projects that blur the line between art and engineering. Why buy when you can build?

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Practical AI for Everyday Users

3 guides

Local AI isn't just for developers. Use private, offline AI tools for real tasks — donor communications, personal knowledge management, and media organization — without sending your data to anyone else.

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Fresh from the workshop.

Raspberry Pi · Hardware · AI · 40 TOPS

Hailo-10H AI HAT+ 2 on RPi 5

Complete setup for the second-gen Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ (Hailo-10H, 40 TOPS): PCIe Gen 3, hailo-all, rpicam-apps camera pipelines, model compatibility, and multi-stream inference.

30–45 min · Intermediate · May 2026

Security · Self-Hosting · Principles

Practical Cybersecurity for Self-Hosters

Principles-first security for self-hosted infrastructure. Defense in depth, least privilege, zero trust networking, supply chain awareness, and a tiered security baseline checklist for 2026.

25 min · Intermediate

PHP 8 · MySQL 8 · Production

CoreConduit Inventory System — Complete Deployment Guide

The production inventory system powering CoreConduit operations. Order-centric workflow, stock audit trails, customer CRM, multi-currency support, and role-based access.

45 min · Advanced · Production v3.2

Case Study

Beyond the guides.

Some projects span multiple categories. hydroMazing — Cory's smart garden controller — bridges embedded Arduino hardware, Raspberry Pi automation, and a self-hosted React PWA into one integrated system. 14 dedicated guides cover everything from sensor wiring to nutrient management.

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