Tyler Rodgers / Barndoor Lab
I’m Tyler Rodgers, a datacenter technician building a home-lab platform for self-hosted infrastructure, local AI, Discord apps, automation, backups, and recovery practice.
Now Building · Build Log · Barndoor · Haystack · TM44.link
This site, TM44.link, Barndoor, Haystack, and 9eo are hosted from my self-managed Barndoor environment.
Self-hosted Online Barndoor Local AI CaddyBarndoor’s NOC now brings together service health, deployments, backups, repository state, UTC and lunar telemetry, and a compact market pulse in one responsive public-safe dashboard.
NOC UI 2.2.26 shipped with synchronized source, live, public, and runtime validation. The next focus is cleaner operational signal and safer AI-assisted guidance through Sheppard.
NOC Operations Monitoring ReleaseBarndoor is my self-hosted operations platform: a bare-metal Linux server running local AI, websites, monitoring, Discord tools, backups, recovery notes, and project automation from my own hardware.
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Ubuntu Server Docker Ollama Discord BotHaystack is a free Discord app for simulated market trading. Users can practice trades, track a portfolio, and follow performance over time without using real money.
Read the Haystack project page →
Discord App Node.js Market Simulation Portfolio TrackingThe latest update is highlighted below. Open the full archive to browse the complete build log.
Latest build log
Added live SPY, QQQ, DIA, and IWM telemetry to the Hero Watchtower using TradingView’s isolated ticker-tape widget.
The release is synchronized across source, live static files, the public site, and the Barndoor runtime, with the complete release gate passing.
NOC Dashboard Monitoring ShippedThe current stack connects hosting, local AI, Discord apps, monitoring, automation, backups, remote access, and recovery documentation.
Ubuntu Server Docker Caddy Ollama Uptime Kuma Discord.js TailscaleStart here
This site is an educational build log where I document the systems I’m building, the tools I’m testing, and the infrastructure I’m running from my home lab.
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