Thread: Building My Own Self-Hosted Kanban Because Nothing Else Fit
I tried every self-hosted kanban board I could find. None of them showed subtasks the way I needed. So I built my own — with an MCP server so my AI agents can manage it too.
Articles
Hermes Workspace: Deploying the Web UI for Hermes Agent on Kubernetes
How to build and deploy Hermes Workspace on Kubernetes — including a custom Dockerfile to work around pnpm 10 build script restrictions, a Forgejo Actions pipeline, and an overview of Conductor, Operations, and Swarm.
Self-Hosted AI Agents on Kubernetes: What Works and What Doesn't
OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, and Hermes Workspace all run on Kubernetes — but not without friction. A honest look at what works, what breaks, and why these tools weren't designed for container orchestration.
Building a Self-Hosted AI Agent Swarm on Kubernetes with kagent
How I built a multi-agent AI swarm on my Talos Kubernetes cluster using kagent, Ollama, and OpenWebUI — with real Azure DevOps integration.
Deploying Hermes Agent on Kubernetes: A Full Walkthrough
A detailed walkthrough of deploying Hermes Agent on a Kubernetes cluster using Helm — covering security context fixes, dashboard setup, MCP integration, and crafting a custom SOUL.md identity.
Hermes Agent: Parallel Delegation with Separate Models
How Hermes Agent's delegation system spawns parallel subagents using a separate model — and why routing orchestration and execution through different LLMs makes practical sense.
Jairix — A fully self-hosted AI agent that planned my road trip through Spain
How I built a fully self-hosted AI agent on a consumer laptop — and used it to plan a 45-day camper trip through Luxembourg, France, and Spain, without sending a single byte to an external cloud service.
From Garage to RustFS: When Good Enough Isn't Enough Anymore
I migrated from MinIO to Garage this week. Now I'm migrating again — this time to RustFS. Here's why, and how I built a proper Helm chart to run it on my Talos cluster.
My Homelab Setup: Network, Bare Metal Kubernetes, and a Ridiculous Desktop
A deep dive into my home setup: a fully wired Gigabit network, a 5-node Talos Linux Kubernetes cluster, dual Synology NAS units, and a desktop build that has absolutely no chill.
Migrating from MinIO to Garage: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
MinIO killed its community edition. Here's how I migrated to Garage on my Talos/K8s homelab cluster.