Selected Initiatives

Examples of technical work through real systems and long-term projects.

These projects show how I approach technology in practice: identify the constraint, build the system, and make the result useful.

They are not shown as trophies. They are examples of hands-on work across architecture, implementation, deployment, and everyday use.

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Remote irrigation monitoring for water-scarce farming.

Sensor hardware, connectivity, and browser-based control for real agricultural constraints in Andalusia.

02

Self-hosted infrastructure built around digital sovereignty.

A practical migration from US-based services to an operating stack I run myself across servers in Germany and Spain.

03

Range Rover P38 restoration with a custom open retrofit.

A full restoration project spanning engine, body, and systems, with a custom touchscreen subsystem built into the original interior.

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Project One

Remote irrigation monitoring and control for farmers in Andalusia.

A project built around a real resource constraint: water scarcity.

In Andalusia, Spain, water is an extremely scarce resource. I help farmers monitor and control irrigation remotely by building the sensing and delivery chain end to end.

Project framing

Constraint

In Andalusia, water scarcity makes visibility and control operationally critical.

Build

I build the sensor hardware myself, measure tank and flow data, and transmit telemetry via LoRaWAN or LTE to my own servers.

Use in practice

Farmers use browser-based dashboards to monitor water levels, review flow, and steer irrigation remotely.

Irrigation water deposito on a hillside plantation in AndalusiaField Context

Deposito tank placed within a plantation on sloped agricultural terrain.

Browser-based irrigation operations dashboard for remote water controlOperations Dashboard

Browser-based monitoring and remote control for tank level, flow, alarms, and irrigation zones.

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Project Two

Migration from US-based digital services to a self-hosted operating stack.

A personal infrastructure project that combines digital sovereignty, systems architecture, and day-to-day operation.

I migrated my own digital environment away from major US-based services and rebuilt it on self-hosted infrastructure running across my own servers in Spain and Germany. At its core, it is an effort to reduce dependency and regain control over infrastructure, data, communication, and operational dependencies.

Project framing

Objective

Reduce dependency on major US-based services and regain control over data, communication, and infrastructure.

Migration scope

OneDrive moved to Nextcloud, Google Calendar to Nextcloud Calendar, Firebase Cloud Messaging to ntfy, and WhatsApp to Matrix.

Operating stack

Servers in Germany and Spain, linked by WireGuard, also run ThingsBoard, Home Assistant, and Frigate with TPU-backed AI object detection.

Migration Map
MicrosoftNextcloud
Google CalendarNextcloud Calendar
WhatsAppMatrix
FCMntfy
Infrastructure Footprint

Beyond the migrations themselves, the stack includes application hosting, monitoring, AI-based object detection in the surveillance layer, and a WireGuard site-to-site connection between Spain and Germany.

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Project Three

Range Rover P38 restoration with a custom open infotainment retrofit.

A full restoration project in which the infotainment retrofit is one part of a much larger whole.

I am restoring the Range Rover P38 as a whole, not just redesigning a navigation unit. The main work sits in the car itself: engine, body, mechanical substance, and bringing an ageing vehicle back into strong condition. The touchscreen project is one smaller but revealing part of that larger process.

Project framing

Restoration scope

The main project is the vehicle itself: engine, bodywork, mechanical integrity, and the return to a strong original standard.

Retrofit scope

The infotainment retrofit is one subsystem within that broader restoration, not the restoration itself.

Technical setup

I designed and 3D-printed a custom frame, integrated a touchscreen, and connected it to a Raspberry Pi 5 running a LineageOS fork.

Range Rover P38 interior with custom touchscreen retrofit and restored center consoleInterior Subsystem

Original P38 architecture, custom frame, touchscreen, and correct HEVAC integration.

Subsystem Logic

The retrofit matters because it shows the same underlying capability as the wider restoration: understand a legacy system in detail, identify the weak point, and rebuild it in a way that is cleaner and more usable.