Ian Monroe — Blog

My first Obsidian plugin — a tiny patch that gets Google sign-in working inside Obsidian's Web Viewer by routing web views through a clean Electron session.

For the fifth time, I guessed the correct soup.

Water freezes at zero and boils at a hundred — the first thing every kid learns about science.

A Docker Compose starter kit that takes a spare machine from bare metal to a fully wired self-hosted stack — reverse proxy, SSO, and a menu of apps — in minutes.

A self-hosted, Docker-based streaming hub with a TV-optimized interface — a Roku-style home screen you own end to end.

A meticulously sourced investigation into the National Design Studio that deserves a wider audience than its technical surface will get it.

I thought this picture came out nice, so I'm posting it.

A self-hosted memory server for AI agents, speaking both REST and MCP, that I put together over the Memorial Day weekend.

A little side project for screening junk fees and drip-pricing — a free risk assessment, plus a paid PDF report if you want the details.

A new little open source tool I built for capturing quick notes against any of your Obsidian projects in a single keystroke.

After many years, I've finally updated the software and content for this site.