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 now hosts my websites, runs local AI, powers Discord bot operations, monitors services, stores searchable notes, manages backups, and documents recovery workflows.
Recent work focused on Discord reliability, Tailscale SSH access, safer website deployment, PC backup planning, and keeping the public project pages current.
Operations Local AI Backups Website PolishBarndoor 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
Expanded the Barndoor ecosystem with Discord operations improvements, updated public website information, and added a safer all-sites deploy helper.
The current workflow backs up live website roots before deploys, keeps repo-managed static pages in sync, verifies public headers, and documents a PC-side Tailscale backup pull.
Websites Backups OperationsThe 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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