WhyNot – Why not?

Why not?

A small homelab, a TeamSpeak server and a blog about things one could just have bought.

TeamSpeak To the blog

Who is behind this

One person, one rack, many open ends

No “about us”, because there is no “us”. Instead: the profile as a file, the way it would sit in a repo.

profil.json JSON · UTF-8 · read-only

  1{
  2  "handle": "Sebastian",
  3  "location": "Germany",
  4  "about": "Tinkerer somewhere between soldering iron, Python and Linux.",
  5  "ask_me_about": [
  6    "Self-hosting & homelab",
  7    "Lab automation & measurement",
  8    "3D printing & embedded"
  9  ],
 10  "languages": {
 11    "Python": "advanced",
 12    "SQL": "advanced",
 13    "JavaScript": "intermediate",
 14    "Bash": "intermediate",
 15    "PowerShell": "intermediate",
 16    "Lua": "intermediate",
 17    "Kotlin": "beginner",
 18    "Go": "beginner",
 19    "C++ (Arduino/ESP)": "beginner"
 20  },
 21  "stack": {
 22    "backend": ["Flask", "FastAPI", "REST", "Go"],
 23    "frontend": ["Vanilla JS", "HTML/CSS", "Plotly.js", "Jetpack Compose"],
 24    "desktop": ["PyQt6 / PySide6", "matplotlib"],
 25    "database": ["MySQL", "SQLite", "DuckDB"],
 26    "embedded": ["ESP32 / ESP8266", "ESPHome", "Marlin", "CAN / OBD-II"],
 27    "infra": ["Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)", "Docker / Compose", "Nginx"],
 28    "home": ["Home Assistant", "MQTT"],
 29    "os": ["Windows 11", "Linux", "WSL2"]
 30  },
 31  "interests": [
 32    "Self-hosting and homelab",
 33    "E2EE messaging (Signal protocol)",
 34    "3D printing and printer conversions",
 35    "Vehicle diagnostics (VAG / OBD)",
 36    "Automating measurement setups"
 37  ],
 38  "projects": [
 39    {
 40      "name": "WhyNot Chat",
 41      "what": "Self-hosted E2EE messenger: Go server + Android app, Signal protocol"
 42    },
 43    {
 44      "name": "ESPHome sensors",
 45      "what": "mmWave presence sensors, LED dimmer, OBD display for Home Assistant"
 46    },
 47    {
 48      "name": "3D printer conversion",
 49      "what": "da Vinci 1.0 Pro on SKR Mini E3 + Marlin, calibrated thermistors"
 50    }
 51  ],
 52  "principles": [
 53    "SemVer inline in the code, tag + CHANGELOG on every release",
 54    "One tool = one repo = one purpose",
 55    "Calibrate against real data first, roll out second"
 56  ],
 57  "stats": {
 58    "active_projects": "20+",
 59    "coffee": true
 60  }
 61}