Damir Kranjčević / Tech Blog

Notes on Linux, self hosting, DevOps, and building software solo, by Damir Kranjčević (@root), full stack engineer and founder of Beekio LLC.

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Murmur, Speak and It Types

Projects / 2026

Push to talk dictation for Windows that keeps your voice on your own machine

A push to talk dictation app for Windows. Hold Right Ctrl, talk, let go, and the words land in whatever window you're in. Local Whisper by default, Groq when you want speed, and a dictionary that learns from your corrections.

Beekio, One Person

Projects / 2026

Running a beekeeping SaaS end to end, alone

An AI beekeeping consultant I'm building solo. Log an inspection, get a prioritized action plan for the next 48 hours. What it does, the stack under it, and everything that broke on the way to a waitlist.

Self Hosted Lab v2

Projects / 2026

Rebuilding My Home Lab from Scratch

A used mini PC, Proxmox, and one rule: everything I depend on daily either runs on this box or has a documented reason why it doesn't. The rebuild that fixed every mistake v1 taught me the hard way.

WPAS AI Assistant

Projects / 2026

Building an AI Assistant That Actually Ships

The notes so far on WPAS, an AI assistant I'm building end to end: multi agent LLM pipelines, a FastAPI backend, and all the production plumbing nobody puts in the demo videos.

Building SudoWear

Indie Dev / 2026

Running an Online Store as a One Man Ops Team

SudoWear started as a joke between terminal addicts and turned into a real store. What it takes to build, launch and operate ecommerce solo, from the storefront to the fulfillment headaches.

Five Years in Support

Notes / 2025

What AT&T and Mozzartbet Taught Me About Systems

From IT support desks in Brno to sysadmin work at Mozzartbet, the unglamorous years that taught me how systems actually fail, and why every engineer should answer tickets for a while.

Running Linux on Everything

Tooling / 2025

One OS, Every Machine, Zero Regrets

Laptop, desktop, home lab, an old ThinkPad that refuses to die. Linux runs all of it. My setup, my dotfiles philosophy, and why the terminal is still the best interface ever made.

Poker and the Mental Game

Notes / 2024

Expected Value, Tilt, and Thinking in Bets

Poker is the only hobby that ever made me a better engineer. Variance, bankroll management, and making good decisions with incomplete information, on the felt and in production.

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