I'm Phill Johntony, a software engineer from Youngstown, Ohio.https://philljohntony.com/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-07-17-watchr/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-07-17-watchr/TV Time shut down, so I took my GDPR export and built Watchr, a self-hosted replacement, in two days with AI: TypeScript, Nuxt, PostgreSQL, Zero, and Capacitor.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-06-30-personal-software-ai/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-06-30-personal-software-ai/AI coding agents broke the old build-vs-buy math. Why I now build bespoke, single-user personal software in an evening and self-host it on my homelab.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-05-23-ai-location-tools/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-05-23-ai-location-tools/How I gave my self-hosted AI assistant tools to see my location via Home Assistant and ping me through ntfy, plus the guardrails that keep it useful instead of creepy.Sat, 23 May 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-04-10-acid-reflux/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-04-10-acid-reflux/How I ignored heartburn for months, finally saw a doctor, and learned that debugging your own body is the worst kind of debugging.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-02-08-running-fiber/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-02-08-running-fiber/How I ran pre-terminated OS2 fiber from my router to my upstairs homelab, why I picked fiber over Cat6, and what I learned pulling it through the walls.Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-01-20-homelab/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2026-01-20-homelab/An annual tour of my homelab: Proxmox, a NAS that refuses to die, the Docker stack that runs my house, and what actually changed this year.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-10-01-switching-to-mac/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-10-01-switching-to-mac/After decades as a Windows developer I switched to an Apple Silicon MacBook. Why I did it, what hurt, the tools that helped, and what I still miss.Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-09-01-tesla-12v-battery/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-09-01-tesla-12v-battery/After five years of almost zero maintenance, my 2020 Model 3 needed its first real repair: a 12V battery, swapped in my driveway by Tesla Mobile Service for $139.Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-08-06-windows-ai/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-08-06-windows-ai/I flew to Seattle for a Microsoft training on Windows AI Foundry, Phi Silica, and NPUs. Here is what on-device AI actually means for app developers.Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-08-01-fiber-internet/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-08-01-fiber-internet/After years of cable upload speeds that embarrassed my homelab, T-Mobile Fiber reached my neighborhood. The install, the speeds, and what changed.Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-06-01-pycon/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-06-01-pycon/My first PyCon US in Pittsburgh: free threading and the JIT, the Pyrefly vs ty type checker race, Python in WebAssembly, and the talks worth watching.Sun, 01 Jun 2025 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-02-01-standing-desk/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2025-02-01-standing-desk/My Uplift standing desk spent years wearing a cheap IKEA top. Here is why I upgraded to solid black walnut, how the swap went, and what I learned.Sat, 01 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMThttps://philljohntony.com/blog/2018-06-18-cisco-live/https://philljohntony.com/blog/2018-06-18-cisco-live/A first-timer's retrospective of Cisco Live US 2018 in Orlando: keynotes, breakout sessions, the DevNet Zone, and what I'd do differently next time.Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:00:00 GMT