Personal Projects on Joe Wiedemann

Static Site DevOps Pipeline with GitLab CE

Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

It’s the site you’re on!

I enjoy homelabbing to have a nice sandbox to learn about programming. I wanted to learn about Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, so I thought a pipeline that used a static-site generator (SSG) in a Docker container would be a fun project. The site is built around Hugo, an SSG that converts markdown files into the content you see, which builds on my homelab server and is then pushed to a Digital Ocean Container Registry as the last part of my CI/CD pipeline.

Coach Pi

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Project Inspiration

I made Coach Pi to keep me motivated while getting back into running for fitness. The system is bulit around Gold, Silver, and Bronze goals to give a progressive sense of achievement. The main focus is habit building, with organized races as an approximate scaffolding to guide the training load.

Coach Pi is a personalized running coach that uses local AI to generate daily workout recommendations tailored to your training history, recovery status, and current conditions. In a world of subscription models, Coach Pi runs entirely on local hardware—ensuring your training data stays private while providing intelligent, context-aware guidance.

Golf Scoreboard App

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Project Overview

My Golf Scoreboard is a simple full-stack web application designed for tracking and displaying golf tournament scores in real-time. Built for an outing I took with my friends, the application provided an intuitive interface for scorekeeping and a live leaderboard that updates automatically as teams submit their scores. The system was designed for teams of two, and is configured to be course-aware, meaning it understands the par for each hole and displays scores relative to par (e.g., E, +2, -1), making it easy to see who’s leading at a glance.