THE PROJECT WORKBENCH

Build. Test. Understand.

A growing record of engineering work and experiments, including the constraints, decisions, and troubleshooting behind each project.

21 projects · active work and planned experiments
Completed
Broadcast & Media Systems

Dante audio network remediation

Taking a multi-facility Dante plant off link-local addressing and onto a dedicated subnet, managed domains, and a dedicated PTP leader.

DanteDante Domain ManagerPTPAddressing
PROJECT / 01
Active project
Broadcast & Media Systems

Dante QoS for broadcast networks

Planning QoS and IGMP standardization for Dante on a mixed Cisco Nexus and Catalyst network. Built in public, one change at a time.

DanteQoSIGMPCisco Nexus
PROJECT / 02
Completed
Broadcast & Media Systems

Moving master control without going off air

Planning a master control relocation and keeping the channel on air through cloud playout while the physical plant moved.

Harmonic VOSHarmonic XOSCrispinSRT
PROJECT / 03
Completed
Broadcast & Media Systems

Pro Tools and Dante edit suite

Redesigning an audio edit suite around an 8-channel Dante output so Pro Tools could record ISO stems and still be monitored properly.

Pro ToolsDanteDVSSPL SMC
PROJECT / 04
Active project
Broadcast & Media Systems

Media asset and storage workflows

Supporting the MAM, storage, and transcode layer behind the newsroom and post, through a storage modernization.

iconikSynologyTelestream VantageSony Ci
PROJECT / 05
Active project
Broadcast & Media Systems

Facility consolidation and staff onboarding

Learning a newly integrated studio building, closing out open issues, and moving staff in with walkthroughs and quick-reference guides.

IntegrationOnboardingDocumentationSynology
PROJECT / 06
Completed
Networks & Infrastructure

Building a cathedral broadcast network overnight

Designing and installing a new facility network for a cathedral broadcast site, then cutting it over in a single overnight window.

Meraki MX250Meraki MS355VLANs5G failover
PROJECT / 07
Active project
Networks & Infrastructure

Broadcast network core and site networks

Owning a Nexus spine/leaf core with Catalyst access, documenting it down to the port, and planning for growth.

Cisco NexusCatalystHSRPIGMP
PROJECT / 08
Completed
Endpoints & Cloud

Edit fleet standardization with Intune

Bringing 32 newsroom and post edit workstations under Intune, with their own baseline, and deciding what not to manage.

IntuneWindowsEntra IDNVIDIA Studio
PROJECT / 09
Active project
Endpoints & Cloud

Engineering NAS to SharePoint

Lifting the entire engineering file share into SharePoint with the structure intact, then rebuilding permissions and the library around it.

SharePointMicrosoft 365PermissionsDocumentation
PROJECT / 10
Active project
Automation & Tools

NetAuto switch audits

A Python and Netmiko utility that logs into Nexus and Catalyst switches and saves timestamped show-command output.

PythonNetmikoLinuxCisco
PROJECT / 11
Completed
Automation & Tools

Master control PC audit and migration

A read-only PowerShell audit and a Windows 10 to 11 runbook for master control engineering PCs, with a full recovery archive before anything changes.

PowerShellWindows 11RunbookRecovery
PROJECT / 12
Completed
Automation & Tools

Restricted DHCP with dnsmasq

A MAC-allowlisted DHCP server, so only known devices get a lease on a closed network. Multi-VLAN ready.

LinuxdnsmasqDHCPVLANs
PROJECT / 13
Active project
AI & Personal Builds

AITOOLS builder/auditor loop

A multi-AI engineering workspace where one agent builds, another audits, and I stay the authority. Home of Jarvis Engine.

Claude CodeCodexAI agentsCode review
PROJECT / 14
Active project
AI & Personal Builds

Jarvis Engine

A local, policy-controlled operations assistant that watches my AITOOLS projects, supervises helpers, and asks before it acts. Built by one AI, audited by another.

PythonWindows 11SQLitePowerShell
PROJECT / 15
Active project
AI & Personal Builds

Jarvis for Alexa

An Alexa skill that sends what I say to Claude and reads the answer back, with session memory and multi-turn conversation.

Alexa SkillsClaude APINode.jsAWS Lambda
PROJECT / 16
Active project
AI & Personal Builds

Local Qwen inference server

Running an open-weight coding model on an iMac Pro, with llama.cpp inference and an Open WebUI interface.

llama.cppQwenOpen WebUImacOS
PROJECT / 17
Planned
AI & Personal Builds

Secure access to Drabsnarg AI

An invitation-only access design connecting Cloudflare Access and Tunnel to the existing local AI stack.

Cloudflare AccessTunnelOpen WebUIHTTPS
PROJECT / 18
Completed
Home Lab

Offline NTP server on a Raspberry Pi

A headless Raspberry Pi 400 acting as the time source for a closed network with no internet access.

Raspberry PiNTPLinuxTimekeeping
PROJECT / 19
Active project
Home Lab

HP Z8 G4 creative workstation

A dual-Xeon workstation for Premiere, After Effects, and the rest of the Adobe suite, with a memory upgrade planned.

HP Z8 G4XeonAdobe Creative CloudHardware
PROJECT / 20
Planned
Home Lab

Small-scale infrastructure monitoring

A planned exploration of service checks and useful operational signals for owner-operated infrastructure.

MonitoringInfrastructureObservability
PROJECT / 21

An active project can have working components and unfinished validation. Planned entries describe intended work; they do not represent completed implementations.