Code experiments
Tiny utilities, full services, and everything in between.
Broke Okie Labs
Building, breaking, and reinventing everything on 20 acres of Oklahoma grit.
BROKE OKIE · PERSONAL R&D NODE
A hands-on lab in the middle of Oklahoma, wired like a datacenter.
serverme.net is the Broke Okie control room: a personal space to write code, bend automation to fit real life, and see how far you can push a homelab on stubbornness, curiosity, and a few good machines.
serverme · live console
ONLINE
# broke okie rule: if it works, document it later
randy@serverme:~/lab$ boot sequence --stack "code+automation+iot"
[ok] containers online · sensors streaming · automations armed
[log] oklahoma wind detected · adjusting scenes
randy@serverme:~/lab$ explore --mode "hands-on"
Active experiments
CODE · AUTOMATION · IOT
LIVE · ITERATING
Signal vs noise
HIGH SIGNAL · HONEST CHAOS
EXPECT GLITCHES
Interface style
NEON · DARK · BACKROADS CYBERPUNK
DESIGNED TO WOW
Philosophy
LEARN · BUILD · BREAK · SING ABOUT IT
ALWAYS ON
ABOUT THIS NODE
Not a startup. Not a brand. Just a Broke Okie lab.
serverme.net isn’t here to pitch you anything. It’s a personal environment where code, hardware, and Oklahoma dirt all meet in the same story.
Home as an interface
Lights, sensors, switches, scenes — all wired into daily life.
Connected things
Weather, power, motion — the world is full of signals.
LABS & PROJECTS
Where ideas go to get stress-tested.
Some projects live here for years. Others exist for a weekend and get torn apart for parts.
Code
Small tools, big impact
Utilities and glue services that keep the lab moving.
Automation
Invisible routines
Automations that feel natural, not forced.
IoT
Signals from the real world
Weather, power, motion — all feeding the system.
Play
Because fun matters
Some ideas exist just because they’re fun to build.
PROJECTS
What’s running inside the lab.
A snapshot of the self-hosted ecosystem powering this environment.
Core services
DNS, routing, ingress — the backbone of the lab.
Media & libraries
Music, photos, docs, and media indexing.
Monitoring
Metrics, mapping, uptime.
Utilities
PDF tools, speed tests, search engines, notifications.
Apps & panels
Dashboards and control surfaces.
Proxmox nodes
VMs and containers across multiple boxes.
TINY LAB LOG
Recent signals from the lab.
Quick notes, experiments, tweaks, and “I wonder what happens if…” moments.
live-log · events
STREAMING
SEND A SIGNAL
Curious about the stack or the Broke Okie angle?
If you’re into code, automation, or wiring up the physical world, you’re already speaking the same language.
Want to talk shop? Send a signal to me@serverme.net.
Future logs
This space may grow logs, write-ups, or snapshots of experiments.
Broke Okie philosophy
Build things that are useful, understandable, and a little bit fun.