https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/ Articles on self-hosted web apps, AI tools, open-source side projects, and deployment with Kamal 2 en Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=notypo-french-grammar-correction https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=notypo-french-grammar-correction Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Introducing NoTypo, an open-source self-hosted French grammar correction app powered by Mistral AI. It corrects your text, profiles your recurring errors by category, and improves your French through spaced-repetition quizzes. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=deploy-anything-with-kamal-deploy-factory https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=deploy-anything-with-kamal-deploy-factory Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 I run ~15 apps and 50 containers on one homelab cluster, all deployed with Kamal. The pain wasn't Kamal — it was repeating its setup per project, and keeping my infrastructure out of open-source repos. The fix: a dedicated private 'deploy factory' repo plus a skill, so project repos stay pristine and secrets never touch disk. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=era-of-self-hosted-web-apps https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=era-of-self-hosted-web-apps Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Building and hosting a small web app went from days and thousands of euros to an afternoon and the price of a coffee. With AI assistance and free Cloudflare tunnels, anyone with software experience can run internet-accessible apps from a homelab — even without a fixed IP. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=cv-ai-tailored-resumes-with-ai https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=cv-ai-tailored-resumes-with-ai Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Introducing CV.ai, an open-source self-hosted app that generates a tailored resume and cover letter for each job offer from a single master profile, with application tracking built in. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=nosheet-tracker-for-elected-officials https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=nosheet-tracker-for-elected-officials Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Introducing Nosheet, an open-source, local-first project and task tracker built in two days as a purpose-made alternative to managing municipal work in a spreadsheet. Now in production for the mayor of Villentrois-Faverolles-en-Berry. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=notes-about-agents-systems https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=notes-about-agents-systems Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Key takeaways from the book 'Building Applications with AI Agents': when to use agents, orchestration patterns, memory, learning, multi-agent coordination, monitoring, and security. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=trocos-time-banking-for-communities https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=trocos-time-banking-for-communities Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Introducing TrocOS, an open-source time banking platform where community members exchange skills using time as currency. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=condensr-and-summarz-ai-book-summarization https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=condensr-and-summarz-ai-book-summarization Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Introducing two open-source projects for AI-powered book summarization: SummarZ, a self-hosted web app, and Condensr, the Python library that powers it. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=deploy-pingouin-with-kamal-2 https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=deploy-pingouin-with-kamal-2 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A step-by-step guide to deploying Pingouin (Flask + React monorepo) with Kamal 2, including migration hooks. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=pingouin-simple-uptime-monitoring https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=pingouin-simple-uptime-monitoring Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Introducing Pingouin, a lightweight self-hosted uptime monitoring tool with HTTP checks, daily recap emails, and public status pages. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=deploy-self-hosted-n8n-with-kamal-2 https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=deploy-self-hosted-n8n-with-kamal-2 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A guide to deploying a self-hosted n8n instance using Kamal 2. https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=claude-code-first-opinion https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=claude-code-first-opinion Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An first opinion about Claude Code https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=welcome-to-my-blog https://cdelaroche.fr/blog/post.html?post=welcome-to-my-blog Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 An introduction to my new blog section where I'll share thoughts on software engineering, tech insights, and more.