Paul Nothaft
I build, operate and document real systems — networks, self-hosted platforms, AI agents, a homelab that refuses to stay small. Product manager in security by day.
Projects
built, not pitchedPicPeak
Self-hosted photo delivery for photographers. Plenty of SaaS platforms share galleries with clients — none of them let you own the server. PicPeak does, with the same feature set and then some. Tired of paying gallery subscriptions? Check it out.
→ source on GitHubFiladex
Inventory system for 3D-printing filament. Started as an experiment in AI-assisted development; ended up actually knowing where my filament is.
→ source on GitHubIt's never just one. They get names when they work — announcing them earlier would be marketing.
Capabilities
operated daily, not listed for effectInterests
Stadtkapelle Eichstätt e.V.
Playing in — and leading — a town wind orchestra: annual concerts, city coordination, logistics, people. The only system I operate that comes with a brass section.
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Photography & Filming
Mostly anything, honestly. I'm not hunting for the perfect shot — I'm having fun with a camera, stills or moving pictures, and there's always a snapshot worth sharing.
Field notes
learnings from ideas and projects, unpolished on purposePicPeak - Why I created it
I run a photo booth and had the challenge of giving the pictures to the guests of the booth. Before that, I simply did it as a ZIP file through storage like Nextcloud.
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