Docker

This is part 3 of the Agent production system series. Previous: Human approval. Constellation nodes: Docker host, Azure / ADO, Dashboards. Agents need somewhere to live. Chat UIs hide that fact. Production does not. I operate a Dockerized homelab with 20+ production containers split across two physical hosts — a Mac Mini M4 running the compute-heavy services under OrbStack, and a Synology NAS handling bulk storage, VPN-gated download automation, and the public-facing reverse proxy. That number is on the About page for a reason: it is a real ops footprint, not a laptop demo. ...

Most “AI agent” demos stop at a chat box. What I care about is the opposite: a production system with routing, tools, gates, hosts, and a human who still owns irreversible decisions. This post is the written version of the interactive map on my About page — how the fleet is wired, what each layer is for, and what I refuse to automate. The mental model Think factory floor, not chatbot: ...