Field notes on AI agents running real infrastructure, safely. The homelab is the proof: GitOps, CI gates, secrets discipline and the failures that taught them.https://blog.buildsandbits.comhttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/boros-bot-failedhttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/boros-bot-failedMore information made it worse. A more liquid venue made it worse. That's where this ends up.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:19:59 GMTai-opsdefiborospendlesystematic-tradingquant-researchbacktestinghttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/boros-strategy-verdicthttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/boros-strategy-verdictHere is the short version.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:09:03 GMTinfrastructuredefiborostradingresearchalphastrategyhttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/defi-bot-reality-checkhttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/defi-bot-reality-checkThe easiest way to make a DeFi trading bot look smart is to stop the story before the trade has to survive the market.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:00:57 GMTai-opsdefiborospaper-tradingexecutionsimulationtrading-systemshttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/sqlite-breaks-before-it-looks-brokenhttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/sqlite-breaks-before-it-looks-brokenThe most dangerous database bug is not the one that crashes loudly.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:34:18 GMTai-opsai-opsautomationLLMself-hostinginfrastructurehttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/arr-stack-homelab-setuphttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/arr-stack-homelab-setupI had the same bad week a lot of media-automation people eventually have. Trakt looked full, Sonarr looked busy, and my library got worse.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:19:58 GMTinfrastructureinfrastructureself-hostingdockerhomelabhttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/gitea-self-hosted-cicdhttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/gitea-self-hosted-cicdThe deploy "succeeds" and nothing is actually different.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:19:58 GMTai-opsai-opsautomationLLMself-hostinginfrastructurehttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/python-code-quality-three-layer-defensehttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/python-code-quality-three-layer-defenseThe important part of a secret-scanning failure is not the red CI badge.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:19:58 GMTdevopsdevopsci-cdautomationself-hostinginfrastructurehttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/syno-cloudflarehttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/syno-cloudflareThe old setup was ugly in a familiar way: port 32400 open, DDNS, and a reverse proxy that only existed because you knew where it lived. The new setup looked better on paper: no exposed ports, Cloudflare Tunnel, cleaner perimeter. The problem showed up at the couch.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:19:58 GMTinfrastructureinfrastructureself-hostingdockerhomelabhttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/delhaize-groceries-part-1https://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/delhaize-groceries-part-1The job did not crash. That would have been easier.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:06:37 GMTai-opsai-opsautomationLLMself-hostinginfrastructurehttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/ai-content-pipeline-architecturehttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/ai-content-pipeline-architectureThe worst AI pipeline failure is not a bad sentence.Sun, 08 Mar 2026 20:42:13 GMTai-opsai-opsautomationLLMself-hostinginfrastructurehttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/local-ai-cnc-3d-relief-full-setuphttps://blog.buildsandbits.com/post/local-ai-cnc-3d-relief-full-setupThe first bad cut looked fine everywhere it mattered, until wood.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:45:53 GMTinfrastructureinfrastructureself-hostingdockerhomelab