Code

Outside of work I build self-hosted tools, personal websites, and whatever else catches my interest. Side projects are where I experiment with new technology and stay sharp since at work I stick to stable, mature frameworks. There is plenty more to see on my GitHub account.

Live

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Eleven sites, one repo, one desktop at home. Every one of these is answering requests right now.

chat

Go SQLite llama.cpp

A conversation with a small model running on the card in my desktop, with tools for whatever it cannot know and an incognito mode that writes nothing down.

{
  "sha": "b03fc93",
  "message": "Add a live queue and notifications to chat",
  "date": "2026-09-29T01:43:36Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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llm

Go SQLite llama-swap

One set of weights on one card in front of every service here that wants one, with a key per caller and every prompt and completion written down.

{
  "sha": "843399f",
  "message": "Close the log shipper in chat and llm",
  "date": "2026-09-28T23:19:51Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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auth

Go SQLite Argon2

The front door to the rest of these. One account, a six digit code pushed to my phone over ntfy, and a session the other sites check against this one.

{
  "sha": "465aa69",
  "message": "Move ntfy links to buttons so a tap only opens ntfy",
  "date": "2026-09-25T19:29:18Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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dash

Go SSE Vite

One page of markets, news, the weather, and the health of everything else here, all of it pushing itself over server sent events.

{
  "sha": "0b8dca7",
  "message": "Poll the live banner every 10 minutes",
  "date": "2026-09-29T02:11:57Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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repos

Go Git SQLite

A git remote I push to over HTTPS, with a browser on top: commits, diffs, blobs and atom feeds. It mirrors my GitHub account too.

{
  "sha": "c0506d1",
  "message": "Fix raw answering 200 for a missing file",
  "date": "2026-09-28T23:19:51Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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logging

Go SQLite Typst

Every site here ships its structured logs to this one, so a request I want to find is in one place instead of eleven docker logs.

{
  "sha": "96040b2",
  "message": "Fix undefined colours in the volume chart",
  "date": "2026-09-29T01:43:36Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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status

Go SQLite Lighthouse

Uptime monitoring and public status pages, with Lighthouse audits and an SEO crawler on a timer and PDF reports out the other end.

{
  "sha": "465aa69",
  "message": "Move ntfy links to buttons so a tap only opens ntfy",
  "date": "2026-09-25T19:29:18Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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analytics

Go SQLite GeoIP

Self-hosted website analytics: a collector, dashboards you can share without a login, a world map, and Typst PDF reports.

{
  "sha": "195ec99",
  "message": "Ship logs only from production images",
  "date": "2026-09-23T02:21:48Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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blog

Go Typst Vite

Markdown files on disk and no database behind them, with live search, and a PDF and a social card built for every post.

{
  "sha": "f333ca6",
  "message": "Redirect old SVG card URLs to PNG",
  "date": "2026-09-23T02:36:24Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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isaacbythewood.com

Go Vite Canvas

The site you are reading. Go and Vite with no third party Go dependencies at all, canvas animations included.

{
  "sha": "4c418fe",
  "message": "Remove search.bythewood.me since chat covers it",
  "date": "2026-09-23T17:18:20Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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Active

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orchard

Go Vite SQLite

Every site I run, in one repo, along with the shared Cloudflare Tunnel and Caddy that front them. It all runs from a desktop at home, this site included.

{
  "sha": "0b8dca7",
  "message": "Poll the live banner every 10 minutes",
  "date": "2026-09-29T02:11:57Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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taproot

Docker Shell

The dotfiles and containers I use to set up a machine for development, one to write code in and one that runs a local coding model.

{
  "sha": "2fd1cd0",
  "message": "Swap htop for btop",
  "date": "2026-09-28T23:06:09Z",
  "author": "Isaac Bythewood"
}
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Archived

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Read-only snapshots. Some of these still run, rebuilt in a language they did not start in, and some are switched off for good.

isaacbythewood.com-nextjs

Archived Next.js React

The Next.js build of this site: a custom cursor, a page transition loader, and full canvas background animations. Replaced by the Go rebuild you are reading now.

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blog.bythewood.me-rust

Archived Rust Axum Typst

Single binary markdown blog: no database, live search, Typst PDF export, and great SEO.

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blog.bythewood.me-flask

Archived Python Flask

The Flask rewrite of my blog: markdown files on disk, no database, and no CMS behind it. Replaced by the Rust build above.

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blog.bythewood.me-wagtail

Archived Python Django Wagtail

The Django and Wagtail build of my blog, with a real CMS behind it. The last handcoded version, and where the blog spent most of its life.

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darkfurrow.com-rust

Archived Rust Axum

A living almanac of seasons, soil, and the quiet knowledge that used to be common. Taken offline, and I no longer own the domain.

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status-django

Archived Python Django SQLite

The Django build of my uptime monitor and status page builder, before it was rewritten in Rust.

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analytics-django

Archived Python Django SQLite

The Django build of my self-hosted website analytics, before it was rewritten in Rust.

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status-rust

Archived Rust Axum SQLite

Single binary uptime monitoring and status pages: HTTP probes, Lighthouse audits, an SEO crawler, and PDF reports.

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analytics-rust

Archived Rust Axum SQLite

Single binary website analytics: a collector API, dashboards, a world map, and PDF reports.

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timelite-nextjs

Archived Next.js React

Time tracking that never leaves your browser. No accounts, no sync, no server side state.

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repos-rust

Archived Rust Axum gix

A minimal self-hosted git browser. Bare repos as a website: commits, diffs, syntax highlighted blobs, atom feeds, and clone over HTTPS.

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finance-rust

Archived Rust Axum SQLite

A self-hosted market watcher for stocks, ETFs, indexes and futures, with live charts, key stats, fundamentals and SEC filings.

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dockerfiles

Archived Docker

All the Dockerfiles I used for various purposes, each with its usage notes at the top.

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dotfiles

Archived Shell Neovim

Config files for setting up a new system the way I like it.

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timestrap-django

Archived Python Django

Time tracking you can host anywhere, with full export in several formats and an extensible core.

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alpinefiles

Archived Shell Alpine

The files I ran on my Alpine Linux servers: Caddy, Docker, borg backups, and ufw.

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newtab

Archived JavaScript Chrome

A clean new tab page extension for Chrome, built to be taken and customized.

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ai-art

Archived Python PyTorch

Art generation with VQGAN and CLIP in docker containers. A simplified, updated and expanded take on the original notebooks.

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docker-teamspeak

Archived Docker Shell

A nice and easy way to get a TeamSpeak server up and running with Docker.

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docker-minecraft

Archived Docker Shell

An easy way to get a Minecraft server up and running with Docker.

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pinry

Archived Python

A tiling image board system. Development moved on to pinry/pinry.

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