--- title: "Chris Coutinho (@cbcoutinho) | Hashnode" description: "Passionate pathfinder and connector. Read the latest articles by Chris Coutinho on Hashnode." url: "https://hashnode.com/@cbcoutinho" --- @cbcoutinho # Chris Coutinho @cbcoutinho · Joined September 2024 Passionate pathfinder and connector ### [One Person, 34 Services: How AI Tooling Changed the Economics of Running a Production-Grade Homelab](https://blog.coutinho.io/how-ai-tooling-changed-the-economics-of-running-a-production-grade-homelab?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A platform engineer's honest account of using Claude Code, MCP integrations, and GitOps to manage a Kubernetes cluster that has no business being run by a single person. The Absurd Premise Here are the numbers. Three Proxmox bare-metal Dell Optiplex ... 15 min read · [blog.coutinho.io](https://blog.coutinho.io/how-ai-tooling-changed-the-economics-of-running-a-production-grade-homelab?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Feb 9](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-ai-tooling-changed-the-economics-of-running-a-production-grade-homelab/6989830d81bfb5101962c484) ### [Building an EU-Only AI Stack: Nextcloud MCP on Leaf.cloud](https://blog.coutinho.io/eu-only-ai-stack-nextcloud-leafcloud?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A journey through self-hosted LLMs, MCP integration challenges, and cost-effective observability The promise is compelling: connect your personal knowledge base to AI assistants while keeping everything within EU borders. No data leaving the contine... 9 min read · [blog.coutinho.io](https://blog.coutinho.io/eu-only-ai-stack-nextcloud-leafcloud?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Feb 2](https://hashnode.com/posts/eu-only-ai-stack-nextcloud-leafcloud/698074c41c88e312de9db95c) ### [Introducing Astrolabe: Navigate Your Data Universe in Nextcloud](https://blog.coutinho.io/introducing-astrolabe-navigate-your-data-universe-in-nextcloud?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Your Nextcloud instance holds years of notes, projects, recipes, contacts, and documents. But when you need to find something, you're stuck typing exact keywords and hoping for the best. Search "car repair" and miss that note titled "Vehicle maintena... 8 min read · [blog.coutinho.io](https://blog.coutinho.io/introducing-astrolabe-navigate-your-data-universe-in-nextcloud?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jan 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/introducing-astrolabe-navigate-your-data-universe-in-nextcloud/697d0649db88500dc3dc8ab3) ### [Introducing the Nextcloud MCP Server](https://blog.coutinho.io/introducing-the-nextcloud-mcp-server?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Seamless Note Management 2 min read · [blog.coutinho.io](https://blog.coutinho.io/introducing-the-nextcloud-mcp-server?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [May 5, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/introducing-the-nextcloud-mcp-server/68181956437af9d081112ebc) ### [Leveling up KafkaOps with Conduktor](https://blog.coutinho.io/leveling-up-kafkaops-with-conduktor?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) As organizations embrace streaming data, Apache Kafka has emerged as the backbone for low-latency, high-throughput event processing. This distributed streaming platform enables companies to build real-time data pipelines and streaming applications. H... 6 min read · [blog.coutinho.io](https://blog.coutinho.io/leveling-up-kafkaops-with-conduktor?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Nov 6, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/leveling-up-kafkaops-with-conduktor/672b7732dae4a4e423b89424)