Tyler Rodgers / Barndoor Lab
Self-hosted infrastructure, local AI, and practical automation.
I’m Tyler Rodgers, a datacenter technician using my home lab to build and document local AI tools, Discord apps, monitoring, networking, and self-hosted services. This site is for educational purposes.
Now Building · Build Log · Barndoor · Haystack · TM44.link
Barndoor Status
This site is hosted from Barndoor, my self-hosted Ubuntu server running Docker, Caddy, Ollama, monitoring, Discord bot tools, and build log notifications.
Self-hosted Online Caddy Docker Ollama Discord BotNow Building
Self-hosted websites on Barndoor
I recently migrated tylerrodgers.space and TM44.link from hosted web services to my own Barndoor server using Docker, Caddy, DNS updates, HTTPS, and router port forwarding.
Current focus: turning the site into a real project hub with build logs, short links, Discord bot integrations, and self-hosted infrastructure notes.
Active Barndoor Caddy WebsitesLatest from the build log
June 2026
Barndoor enters the admin assistant phase
Barndoor has grown into a self-hosted infrastructure platform with local AI, Discord operations commands, searchable knowledge notes, daily backups, and build log notifications.
Read the latest build log update →
Latest Update Barndoor Build LogFeatured Projects
Barndoor
Barndoor is my self-hosted infrastructure platform: a bare-metal Ubuntu server running local AI, Docker services, website hosting, monitoring, and Discord bot integrations from my own hardware.
It hosts my websites, powers the Barndoor Discord bot through Ollama, runs Uptime Kuma monitoring, and acts as the foundation for future automation, documentation, and AI system-administration tools.
Read the Barndoor project page →
Ubuntu Server Docker Caddy Ollama Discord Bot MonitoringHaystack
Haystack is a Discord app for simulated market trades and portfolio tracking. It is designed as a lightweight way to practice trading ideas, follow positions, and build a portfolio history inside Discord.
The goal is to keep it simple, useful, and community-friendly: not a startup, not a trading platform, but a practical app for learning and tracking simulated market activity.
Read the Haystack project page →
Discord App Node.js Market Simulation Portfolio TrackingBuild Log
The latest update is highlighted above. Expand the archive to browse the full build log.
Project history and build notes Open the full timeline of Barndoor updates, fixes, and milestones
Barndoor Knowledge Base Expanded
Expanded Barndoor’s local knowledge files with deeper notes for services, networking, backups, commands, recovery, and websites.
Added a new websites topic so Barndoor can return website hosting,
Caddy, build log, TM44.link, and hidden recovery guide notes directly from Discord.
Barndoor Knowledge Editing
Added /addnote so Barndoor can append new information to its local
knowledge files directly from Discord.
Together with /notes and /searchnotes, this creates a
simple read, search, and write workflow for infrastructure documentation,
recovery steps, backup reminders, and command references.
Barndoor Knowledge Notes
Added a local knowledge folder for Barndoor and new Discord commands for returning and searching project-specific infrastructure notes.
The bot can now show fixed notes with /notes and search across local
knowledge files with /searchnotes. Current notes cover services,
networking, recovery steps, backups, and local commands.
Barndoor Admin Toolkit
Expanded the Barndoor Discord bot with owner-only admin commands for checking system health, services, disk usage, network connectivity, logs, restarts, and backup status.
This creates a simple operations loop from Discord: check the server, inspect the problem, and restart an approved service when needed.
Admin Tools Monitoring Recovery Self-hostedLocal Website Migration
Moved tylerrodgers.space and TM44.link from Hostinger web hosting to Barndoor, a locally hosted Ubuntu server running Caddy, Docker, and HTTPS.
Caddy DNS HTTPS Self-hostedTM44.link Short Links
Turned TM44.link into a short-link hub with redirects for my main site, Barndoor, Haystack, and project links.
Redirects Link Hub CaddyBarndoor Discord Ops Commands
Added Discord commands for website status, links, uptime, and health reporting so Barndoor can monitor the services it hosts.
Discord Bot Node.js MonitoringCurrent Stack
Ubuntu Server, Docker, Caddy, Uptime Kuma, Ollama, Discord.js, local networking, DNS, and self-hosted web services.
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