Neil Johnson
Senior IT Professional
Experienced IT professional specialising in Microsoft cloud and collaboration platforms.
Recent Posts
All posts Backing Up a Hetzner VPS to a Synology NAS with Restic and Tailscale How I set up encrypted, incremental, automated backups from a Hetzner VPS to a home Synology NAS using Restic over SFTP, with Tailscale handling the private networking — including the SSH authorised keys rabbit hole.
Building a browser-based remote desktop with Apache Guacamole How I built a secure, browser-based remote desktop into my home lab using Apache Guacamole, Hyper-V, and Cloudflare Tunnel — accessible from a locked-down work laptop with nothing to install.
Sonos across VLANs on a UDM Pro, done properly A GUI-only walkthrough of running Sonos on a dedicated Media Devices VLAN with a UDM Pro — the mDNS proxy, firewall rules, and port groups that make the Sonos app actually stay connected to players sitting on a different network.
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OpenClaw Personal AI Assistant Built a self-hosted AI assistant that feels genuinely personal: it lives on my own infrastructure, messages me on WhatsApp, and plugs into the tools and systems I already use day to day.
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Seirm Built a full-stack social gig tracker so I had one place to log concerts, discover upcoming events, share experiences with friends, browse venue histories, and keep a proper record of my live music life.
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Cairn Built a private, self-hosted financial dashboard for tracking net worth, modelling FIRE projections, running rule-based financial insights, and setting financial goals — designed specifically for UK users with full Scottish tax band support. Got a question or want to get in touch?
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