About

Hi, I’m Jeff.

I’m a software developer and product manager based in Calgary, Canada. I like building systems that are boring in the right ways: understandable, debuggable, and owned by the people running them.

This site is a collection of notes, guides, and opinions about:

• self-hosting and home lab infrastructure
• privacy-respecting services
• networking, tunnels, and remote access
• tools that solve real problems without unnecessary complexity

I’m especially interested in setups that:

• minimize external trust
• avoid exposing things to the public internet unless absolutely necessary
• keep working when the Wi-Fi flakes out or a SaaS product changes its pricing

You won’t find “best practices” for hyperscale startups here. You will find write-ups from someone who actually runs this stuff day to day and has strong feelings about unnecessary cloud dependencies.

When I’m not writing code or tearing down over-engineered setups, I’m usually in the mountains hiking or camping — or riding unicycles, which explains the name.

If something here helps you build something cool — mission accomplished.

Elsewhere #

You can find more about me at owg.me, or check out my projects on GitHub.