*Last updated: 2026-03-22*

I'm currently in a phase of rebuilding — both in life and in my systems.

Slowing things down, creating more clarity, and focusing on building things that actually feel sustainable and mine.

## Current State

- Simplified my setup (recently dropped my dedicated server)
- Moving towards a calmer, more intentional homelab structure
- Setting up a personal thinking system (Obsidian + Syncthing)
- Trying to replace chaos with clarity, without overengineering it

## Current Projects

None right now.

I'm in a phase of stepping back — simplifying, reorganizing, and creating space before starting something new.

Ideas are there, but I'm choosing to build from clarity this time.

## Ideas (brewing)

- A more intentional infrastructure setup (clean, understandable, calm)
- Small tools that solve real problems without becoming complex
- Expanding hiddenden.cafe into something more alive and personal

## Learning Right Now

- Better Astro structure for long-term maintainability  
- Cleaner Docker + nginx patterns for self-hosted services  
- Writing more consistently, even if it's small updates  

## Focus Areas

- Privacy-first self-hosting with minimal external dependencies  
- Building things that stay understandable and maintainable  
- Sustainable progress — small steps instead of burnout cycles  

## Outside of Tech

Letting things settle after a meaningful chapter.

Figuring out direction again, while rebuilding balance and a sense of grounding.

## Next Check-in

I update this page every few weeks — or whenever something meaningfully shifts.
