Date: February 24, 2026 Status: Phase 1 (Core Vision & Logic) Complete 1. The Vision The goal is to monitor the growth and health of coffee trees planted directly into a “large pot” floor setup. Unlike traditional grow-ops, this system uses a top-down computer vision approach to track the canopy spread and leaf health of… Continue reading Project Log: The “Floor-Pot” Coffee Monitor
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Advanced IT in Simple Projects
This last weekend I had two things I wanted to do. One of which was to rebuild our family Minecraft server. My son asked about the server some time last week and while waiting for some glue to finishing curing for a different project, I thought I would look into it. The Minecraft server started… Continue reading Advanced IT in Simple Projects
🏗️ Data Redacted: Building a Zero-Knowledge Opt-Out Bot
🛡️ 1. The “Vault” Decision (Server-Side over Client-Side) We decided to move all processing to the Server-Side (PHP on Namecheap). ⚖️ 2. Radical Data Minimization (Scrubbing the SSN) We confirmed that SSNs are officially out of scope. 🔎 3. Cursory Pre-Checking (The Email “Probe”) Before launching a full-scale redact, we will script the bot to… Continue reading 🏗️ Data Redacted: Building a Zero-Knowledge Opt-Out Bot