"Everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story" - Handsome Jack, Borderlands
Principal Software Engineer at Salesforce, front-end main class. Started out grinding GWT/GXT and Java, respecced into JavaScript and TypeScript, and eventually found my actual weapon of choice: Vue.js. I've dipped into C# on the backend too — not my main, but I can hold my own there.
Outside the day job I run a one-person homelab that's slowly turning into a second job, and I've got an AI familiar named Kongroo who lives there. (Yes, that's an El. Psy. Kongroo — the whole lab runs on a healthy dose of Steins;Gate theming.)
Ask me about: Vue.js, front-end architecture, or why the homelab is on fire again.
Vault Hunters need a base, mine just runs Ansible and Docker Compose instead of Eridium. Currently self-hosting:
- Media: Jellyfin, the *arr stack (Radarr, Sonarr, etc.)
- Productivity: Paperless-ngx, Mealie, Actual (budgeting)
- Smart Home: Home Assistant, Frigate, AdGuard
- Dev Tools: Woodpecker CI, Gitea-like workflows
- AI: Karakuri (powering Kongroo!)
- Home-brewed: Tegata (SSO portal) and a handful of other custom Vue3/NestJS apps nobody asked for but me
The infra repo's private, but the public docs site has the full tour.
Karakuri (からくり, "mechanical puppet") is the control panel for my homelab's LLM/GPU host — service orchestration, model management for llama.cpp and ComfyUI, TTS, and the animated avatar behind Kongroo. It coordinates a small roster of named AI lab members (Kongroo included), each with their own personality, because a plain chatbot is boring and I have a Future Gadget Lab to run. Built with Vue 3 + NestJS, because Grafana is too soulless for a one-person creative workshop. Sits behind Authelia SSO; details on the public docs site.
Loot table for when I'm not pushing pixels:
- (╯°□°）╯ Zombicide — killing zombies, then painting the minis that killed them
- (▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿) Borderlands, obviously. Best franchise, no notes.
- ヾ(´〇｀)ﾉ♪ Hunting down video game soundtrack vinyls
Open to collaborating, chatting, or comparing homelab war stories. Find me at:
- (◍•ᴗ•◍) Website: phyberapex.de
- (｀・ω・´) LinkedIn: Janis Walliser
- (・Θ・) Twitter: @PhyberApex
See you in the next session.