Guides

Longer reads built around one real setup, with the exact parts and what each one does.

• The coffee ladder: from a burr grinder to a real espresso shot

  How I would build a home coffee setup one step at a time, starting with the grinder on my counter and ending at the espresso machine on my shortlist.

• E-bike commuting gear for a Chicago winter

  What I run on a no-car e-bike commute on the north side of Chicago, and what I am adding before the cold and the early dark set in.

• Raspberry Pi 5 home server parts I run and the case I bought next

  The case, storage, and network gear behind a two-Pi home lab that runs automations, a local AI model, and network-wide ad blocking.