# I build platforms, at work and at home.

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Ben Matheja · Product manager and platform engineer

Senior Product Manager at Porsche. In my own time I run a GitOps homelab on Proxmox and Talos, write small tools for my notes, and work with AI agents every day. This is where I share what I learn.

[Work & Skills](https://matheja.me/work/) [Explore the lab](https://matheja.me/lab/)

Now · October 2026 Quality gates for this site: visual regression, axe and a publishing guardrail on every merge request. [More](https://matheja.me/now/)

![A river loop seen from a steep vineyard at dusk: rows of vines in the foreground, the water bending around fields and a wooded hill behind.](https://matheja.me/assets/img/neckar-loop-2020-1920.jpg)

_The Neckar loop at Mundelsheim, early evening. (Photo: Ben Matheja)_

## Latest writing
[All posts, series and tags](https://matheja.me/writing/)

- [Self-Hosted Photo Management: Immich Behind Cloudflare Tunnel](https://matheja.me/2026/10/06/immich-photo-management-cloudflare-tunnel.html) (6 Oct 2026)
- [Breaking Data Gatekeeping: Extracting Wächtersbach Müllkalender to ICS](https://matheja.me/2025/12/29/waechtersbach-muellkalender-ics-extraction.html) (29 Dec 2025)
- [Homelab: The Next Iteration](https://matheja.me/2025/12/19/homelab-next-iteration.html) (19 Dec 2025)