From Radio Studios to Self-Hosted AI: Building My Own Corner of the Internet
There is something incredibly satisfying about creating things that solve real problems.
Not just using technology. Not just consuming content. Building.
Over the last decade, I've been fortunate enough to work across multiple industries: broadcast radio, audio production, software configuration management, automation engineering, system administration, and artificial intelligence. Most people see these as completely separate fields. I see them as different tools in the same toolbox.
This website is a collection of projects, systems, experiments, and ideas that I've built and shared with the world.
The Journey
My professional path started in media and radio broadcasting. I spent years working with live productions, audio engineering, content creation, and technical operations for some of Poland's largest radio organizations.
Those experiences taught me something that still shapes every project I build today:
Technology should disappear into the background and allow people to focus on what matters.
Whether it's a radio station, a cloud server, a podcast production pipeline, or an automation script, the goal is always the same: build systems that work reliably and make life easier.
Building Beyond the Day Job
While working professionally in Configuration Management and Process Engineering within the automotive industry, I began developing projects outside of work that allowed me to explore areas far beyond my daily responsibilities.
Some people collect gadgets. I collect systems.
Over time, those experiments evolved into a growing ecosystem of personal infrastructure, automation tools, music technology projects, and creative productions.
EntropyServer – My Personal DevOps Playground
One of my proudest projects is EntropyServer. What started as a simple home server eventually grew into a complete self-hosted environment running cloud services, AI tools, automation workflows, databases, reverse proxies, monitoring solutions, and containerized applications.
Instead of relying entirely on third-party services, I wanted to understand how modern infrastructure works from the inside.
Today the platform serves as:
- Personal cloud infrastructure
- AI experimentation environment
- Docker and Linux playground
- Automation hub
- Development platform
- Knowledge management system
Every component was deployed, configured, maintained, and integrated by hand. And yes — when something breaks at 2 AM, I'm also the support department.
Automation Everywhere
If a task needs to be repeated more than a few times, I start thinking about automation. That mindset led to projects such as:
- PKP Webscraper
- PhotoSorter
- Bookmarks Beautifuler
- Internal workflow tools
- Reporting automation
- AI-assisted scripting solutions
Most of these projects were created for one reason: I was annoyed by doing something manually. The best automation projects are often born from laziness combined with curiosity.
Music Technology Meets System Design
Technology isn't my only passion. Music has always been a major part of my life. Over the years I've worked as a musician, producer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, sound designer, and voice-over artist.
Recently that passion collided with my engineering mindset in a series of increasingly ambitious guitar pedalboard projects. Instead of simply buying gear, I started designing complete performance ecosystems.
Hybrid Pedalboard evolved into Ultimate Digital Guitar Pedalboard — a custom-built platform integrating software effects, MIDI control, automation, and professional audio routing into a single portable solution. The result isn't just a pedalboard. It's effectively a specialized computer system designed for live performance.
Audio, Podcasts and Voice
Beyond technology and infrastructure, I've also produced audio content for podcasts, independent artists, commercial projects, and online creators. From recording and editing to mixing, mastering, sound design, and voice-over work, I've had the opportunity to contribute to projects reaching audiences across multiple platforms.
Whether it's a podcast episode, a music release, or a voice recording, I enjoy the challenge of turning raw material into something polished and engaging.
Why Share It Publicly?
Because knowledge grows when it's shared.
Every project on this website represents lessons learned, mistakes made, problems solved, and skills developed over years of experimentation. Some projects are polished. Some are weird. Some exist simply because I wanted to know if they could be built.
Curiosity is one of the most valuable engineering tools you can have.
What's Next?
More automation. More AI. More self-hosting. More music technology. More creative experiments. And probably a few projects that make absolutely no sense to anyone except me.
For now, everything you've seen here is the result of thousands of hours spent learning, building, testing, breaking things, fixing them, and doing it all over again.
And honestly? I'm just getting started.