Away from the backlog

Following GenAI Trends

Brendan enjoys following new AI tools, experiments and odd little tech ideas because curiosity is part of the fun.

01 / Why it stays

The curiosity

This page is for interesting AI experiments, homelab tinkering and tools Brendan enjoys playing with outside formal work.

02 / Applied curiosityExperiments that became useful

Hands on, not hypothetical

BUILDING
WITH AI.

Vibe-coded products, workflow agents and personal assistants—small systems built to understand where AI genuinely removes friction.

Things built

Live prototypes and working experiments

Next.js · Claude Code

This website

Designed, written and shipped through an ongoing AI pair-programming loop.

AI writing · CMS

Blog creator

Turns a topic into a structured, styled post ready for the CMS.

Claude · RAG

Echo

A conversational guide trained to answer questions about my work and approach.

Productivity · Gamification

MindFlow

A gamified system for capturing ideas and turning them into daily action.

Sports tech · Web app

Clubable

Club management for players, coaches, parents and committees.

Vision · Inventory

BrickStack

Camera-assisted LEGO inventory for collectors and resellers.

SwiftUI · Gamification

OutQuest

Everyday goals turned into tiny quests for iPhone and Apple Watch.

Workflow agent

Human judgment stays in the loop

Blog automation
with N8N

Research is gathered automatically, I choose what is worth saying, and the approved post moves directly into the CMS.

N8N
Human in loop
CMS

Personal assistants

The always-on experiments

Active

Hermes

An active personal assistant handling context, reminders and research across daily workflows.

In progress

OpenClaw

Exploring alternative open-source models and memory approaches alongside Hermes.

02 / Two snapshots

A little more
of the story.

Homelab Experiments

Using Proxmox, Raspberry Pi, n8n and Cloudflare Tunnels as a sandbox for learning and trying ideas without waiting for a work project.

Homelab
Automation
Agents

AI Workflow Thinking

A space for useful tools, strange experiments and the kind of AI ideas Brendan wants to try next.

Tools
Experiments
Curiosity

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