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Confessions of a serial tinkerer: Homelabs gone wild, secret raspberry pi stashes, and more

Confessions of a serial tinkerer: Homelabs gone wild, secret raspberry pi stashes, and more

Update: 2025-12-05

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Recorded live at GrafanaCon Seattle, hosts Mat Ryer and Tom Wilkie kick off Season 3 of Grafana’s Big Tent by welcoming Ivana Huckova (Staff Software Engineer, Grafana Labs), Andrew McCalip (Head of Research and Development, Varda Space Industries), and Brad Fitzpatrick (Chief Engineer, Tailscale). They swap first-tinkering stories and laugh through IoT wins and fails (dog happiness monitors, candle sensors—oops). Andrew explains how his self-righting, foam-filled autonomous boat survives the open seas, while Brad shares how he uses AI to 3D-print OpenSCAD parts on demand.

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Confessions of a serial tinkerer: Homelabs gone wild, secret raspberry pi stashes, and more

Confessions of a serial tinkerer: Homelabs gone wild, secret raspberry pi stashes, and more

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