Hi, I'm ZERB LION 👋
I turn "I wish this existed" into a weekend project — then write down how I did it.
- 🏠 Self-hosting everything — NAS, Docker, reverse proxies, little services that run 24/7 so my family can use them.
- 🤖 AI, owned end-to-end — multi-model gateways, Open WebUI, keeping the keys on my side.
- 🔧 Tinkering & writing it down — when I fix a fiddly thing, I document it so the next person (and future me) doesn't bleed for it.
| Project | What it is |
|---|---|
| zero-build-blog | A zero-build, push-to-publish blog engine — Markdown in, a GitHub Pages site out. |
| nas-monitoring | Turn an AMD Synology NAS into a clean temperature JSON API for an ESP32 / M5Dial desk dial. |
- Build Your Own Multi-Model AI Gateway in a Day: Turn Paid Subscriptions into a Family-Wide Hub — From ChatALL pitfalls to rolling my own — a subscription bridge + Open WebUI + NAS, a family-shared, side-by-side multi-model AI hub built in a day. · 2026-06-21
- Silence Is an Eternal Theme — A farewell under a 38°C blaze — looking back to where it all felt certain, meetings and partings, and a steadfast creed that we will surely meet again. · 2017-07-01
- Gentle Gale — A quiet afternoon at the Fourteen-Inch Resort — post-rock in my ears, draped in a gentle gale, wanting only to walk this road to its end. · 2017-06-06
↑ Auto-updated from zero-build-blog by a GitHub Action.
Built in a homelab, documented for the next tinkerer. The long versions live on the blog.