I'm a high-school student in South Africa who likes building things with code. Mostly that means wiring up my home, running my own small servers, and seeing what AI tools can do when you give them a real job.
Each one drawn as the path a request actually takes. Tap or hover a project to trace it.
My home runs on a self-hosted Home Assistant install. nginx sits in front of it as a reverse proxy, and Cloudflare handles the way in from outside, so I can reach it from anywhere without opening my network up directly.
An AI agent can control my Windows laptop remotely over MCP. Cua Driver does the actual clicking and typing, Supergateway makes it reachable as an MCP server, and a Cloudflare tunnel carries the connection. Nothing gets through without the key.
My own domain. I registered it, run its DNS through Cloudflare and set up Google Workspace on it, so the address below is a real inbox that I check.
The tools I reach for, and what I use them for.
| Part | What I use it for |
|---|---|
| HTML and CSS | Building pages like this one |
| JavaScript | Making pages do things |
| Python | The basics, for small scripts |
| Cloudflare | DNS, tunnels and keeping my network closed |
| Home Assistant | Running the smart home |
| Linux | Running things at home |
| nginx | Reverse proxy in front of Home Assistant |
| MCP | Letting AI agents use real tools |
| AI agents | Handing them real jobs and seeing what works |
| Git | Keeping track of changes |
Email is the best way to reach me.
nate@glasby.me