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ABOUT // PROFILE

Hello, I'm Pete.

I am a builder, systems tinkerer, and automation engineer focused on constructing resilient personal computing infrastructure, self-hosted services, and autonomous agent workflows.

Core Principles

  • Local-First & Data Ownership: Critical intelligence, notes, and pipelines should operate independently of ephemeral cloud walled gardens.
  • Autonomous Intelligence: Engineering agents that summarize research, track high-signal information feeds, and proactively deliver insight.
  • UNIX Philosophy: Small, sharp tools composed through predictable text streams, resilient daemons, and clear interfaces.
  • Robust Self-Hosting: Hardened infrastructure running behind zero-trust tunnels, private registries, and declarative configurations.

Current Focus

  • Developing the Bingsby Engine — a cognitive operating system for daily intelligence digestion and paper analysis.
  • Scaling a multi-node homelab utilizing container virtualization, local LLMs, and private push notifications.
  • Experimenting with autonomous agent orchestration and high-throughput vector indexing.

Technical Arsenal

Systems & Infra:
Linux / Darwin Docker / OrbStack Caddy HTTP/3 Cloudflare Tunnels Launchd / Systemd ntfy (Self-hosted) Gitea
Languages & Runtimes:
Python 3.11+ Bash / Zsh Go Rust SQL / SQLite TypeScript / Modern Web
AI & Automation:
Local LLMs / llama.cpp Gemini API / Agentic SDKs Feedparser / Webhooks ReportLab PDF Generation Vector Search
PROJECTS // BUILDS

Featured Systems & Experiments

Selected builds across cognitive engines, homelab orchestration, and autonomous agents.

COGNITIVE ENGINE ACTIVE

Bingsby Engine

Autonomous daily intelligence digest and research pipeline. Automatically harvests Substack, The Hacker News, HN front page, YouTube watchlists, and research papers; generates structured PDF briefs and delivers high-priority alerts via private ntfy channels.

Python ReportLab Feedparser ntfy Local LLM
INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYED

Private Cloud & Zero-Trust Mesh

Self-hosted personal cloud architecture behind Caddy reverse proxy and Cloudflare Tunnels with zero open inbound firewall ports. Houses private Git forge (Gitea), encrypted push notification broker, and local AI inference nodes.

Caddy Cloudflare Docker Gitea WireGuard
RESEARCH AUTOMATION ACTIVE

Librarian Stream

Real-time paper & reference ingestion watcher. Monitors incoming links and messages, automatically downloads scientific preprints (arXiv/bioRxiv), parses full text, extracts key findings, and indexes them into a local knowledge base.

Python PyPDF Launchd SQLite
AGENTIC SYSTEM IN PROGRESS

Action Center & Micro-Agents

Bi-directional event loop connecting mobile push replies to automated backend actions. Executes tasks, triggers LLM queries, manages dynamic playlists, and dispatches home notifications without Apple ID or TCC friction.

Event-Driven ntfy WebSockets Python Asyncio
HOMELAB // ARCHITECTURE

Self-Hosted Infrastructure

Zero-trust, high-signal, fully owned stack.

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                              PUBLIC INTERNET                             |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                                     │
                        Cloudflare Tunnel (TLS 1.3)
                                     ▼
+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
|                        CADDY EDGE REVERSE PROXY                         |
|                    (Auto-HTTPS, HTTP/3 QUIC, HSTS)                      |
+────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────+
                                     │
          ┌──────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┐
          ▼                          ▼                          ▼
+───────────────────+      +───────────────────+      +───────────────────+
|  ntfy PUSH BROKER |      |    GITEA FORGE    |      |   BINGSBY DAEMON  |
| ntfy.iamfaulty.com|      |gitea.iamfaulty.com|      |   Local Orchestr. |
|  - Topic Auth     |      |  - Git Repos      |      |  - 06:00 Digests  |
|  - Zero CGNAT Quota|      |  - Actions/CI     |      |  - Research Stream|
+───────────────────+      +───────────────────+      +───────────────────+
          ▲                          ▲                          ▲
          └──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┘
                                     │
                    Host Virtualization (Darwin / OrbStack)
                      Encrypted NVMe Storage & Backups

Security & Ingress Posture

  • No Port Forwards: Edge ingress managed purely over encrypted outbound tunnel connections.
  • Strict Authentication: Deny-all authorization on notification endpoints with private token validation.
  • Failover Strategy: Hourly snapshotting, local git mirroring, and out-of-band state logging.

Active Running Nodes

  • orbstack-core: Lightweight Linux container subsystem for microservices.
  • bingsby-host: Dedicated daemon runner for continuous feed ingestion and scheduled PDF rendering.
  • ntfy-push: In-memory WebSocket push event bus for zero-latency mobile notifications.
NOTES // WRITINGS

Field Notes & Engineering Essays

Reflections on building resilient systems, self-hosting, and autonomous AI.

2026-09-28 INFRASTRUCTURE

Deploying Private ntfy Behind Cloudflare Tunnels & Caddy

Why relying on public push services falls short under CGNAT limits, and how we architected a self-hosted ntfy server with zero open ports and full iMessage-alternative reliability.

Read article →
2026-09-27 AI SYSTEMS

The 06:00 Intelligence Digest: Designing High-Signal Filters

Combating feed exhaustion through algorithmic triage. How Bingsby pulls from Substack, Hacker News, and arXiv to deliver synthesized morning briefs in pristine PDF format.

Read article →
2026-09-15 PHILOSOPHY

Local-First Computing: Surviving the Subscription Trap

An argument for owning your compute, your databases, and your notification pipelines. Why simplicity, plain text, and local tools outperform fragile SaaS dependencies.

Read article →
TELEMETRY // LIVE HEALTH

System Telemetry & Service Nodes

Diagnostic health checks across edge routes and internal pipelines.

Edge Ingress (Caddy + Cloudflare) OPERATIONAL
Latency: 12 ms
Protocol: HTTP/3 QUIC
TLS Status: Valid (ECDSA)
Notification Bus (ntfy) OPERATIONAL
Latency: 16 ms
Auth Mode: Deny-All + Token
Delivery: 100% Guaranteed
Gitea Internal Forge OPERATIONAL
Latency: 18 ms
Storage: Encrypted ZFS/NVMe
Uptime: 99.98%
Bingsby Engine Daemon OPERATIONAL
Scheduler: 06:00 MST Daily
Watchdogs: KeepAlive (launchd)
Status: Awaiting Cursor
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CONNECT // CHANNELS

Reach Out & Connect

Open to discussions on systems engineering, autonomous agents, and homelab architecture.

Direct Email
petee@iamfaulty.com

Fastest response for technical inquiries or collaborations.

Domain
petee.me

Primary web address & public interface.

Code Repositories
github.com/peteedoo

Open source tooling, scripts, and dotfiles.

Self-Hosted Forge
gitea.iamfaulty.com

Private internal mirror & automated build pipelines.

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