Private AI and tech, for businesses and individuals

AI that actually helps.

Private AI, automation and everyday tech, set up properly and kept yours. No hype, no lock-in, no nonsense.

Nothing too small. Nothing too big.

One afternoon or one year, the job gets the same care. Smallest jar to biggest:

AN AFTERNOONEmail on your own domain
A DAYAll your devices on one private network
A WEEKENDYour own media server at home and on the road
A FEW WEEKSA WhatsApp assistant for your business
ONGOINGYour own private AI setup, run for you

Fresh out of the jar

What I build, for businesses and for individuals. Every one is running for real, in my own setup or for clients.

Automate

Take the busywork off your hands

  • WhatsApp assistantAnswers, keeps track and sends you a daily briefing, in the app you already use.
  • Inbox intakeReceipts, invoices and bookings pulled from your email and filed automatically.
  • Voice-note publishingSay it into your phone, approve it, and it's on your website.

Protect

Keep what's yours, yours

  • Security and privacy reviewA plain-English check of your accounts, devices and data, with a fix list.
  • Email on your own domainPrivate, encrypted, and set up properly so it lands in inboxes.
  • Private network and backupsEvery device connected securely. Everything backed up, off-site.

Host

Run it on hardware you control

  • Websites that run themselvesFast, simple sites that update from your phone.
  • Home and business serversFiles, media and apps on a machine you own.
  • Your own private AIAI models on your own hardware, for data that can't leave the building.
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The toolkit

Open, proven tools. Nothing proprietary, so you're never locked in.

INFRASTRUCTURELinuxDockernginxsystemdCloudflare
AIHermes Agentllama.cppWhisper speech-to-textLocal and cloud models
COMMUNICATIONWhatsAppProton MailEmail automationntfy alerts
SECURITYTailscaleAccess control listsFirewallsKey-only SSH
BUILDPythonBashGitStatic site generators

How it works

1

The assessment

A €195 fixed-price look at what you have and what you need.

2

The build

Quoted from the assessment. Agreed in writing first.

3

The refill

Optional monthly care: updates, backups, small changes.

Pick a jar size

Small job? It's quoted straight away, no assessment needed.

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THE TASTER · ASSESSMENT

Know exactly what's worth doing

A half-day review of your setup, your tools and the jobs eating your time.

  • How you work now, mapped
  • A security and privacy check
  • A written plan with priorities and costs
€195Fixed price (£170 in the UK). Credited against any build.
THE FULL JAR · BUILD

A system that does the job for you

Designed around the tools you already use, so nothing changes except the work you stop doing.

  • Private by default
  • Documented in full and handed over
  • Training, and 30 days of fixes
QuotedFixed price, agreed in writing first.
THE REFILL · CARE

Never think about it again

Your systems kept healthy, secure and improving, month after month.

  • Monitoring, updates and backups
  • Priority help when you need it
  • Small changes and improvements
QuotedMonthly, once it's built. Optional.
About

Hi, I'm Harry.

I build and run my own private setup, the same kind of systems I set up for other people, and I use it every day. That's where everything on this site comes from.

Before this I spent about ten years working in security, in the UK and in Europe. It taught me to turn up, be straight with people and look after what isn't mine. That's still how I work.

Straight answersIncluding "you don't need this".
Price agreed firstIn writing, before I start.
Your data stays yoursCloud AI only if you say yes.
Written downNotes on everything I build.

Big job or small one, tell me about it.

Or email [email protected]. I reply within two working days.

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