--- title: Home url: 'https://andywhittaker.com/' markdown: 'https://andywhittaker.com/index.md' lang: en date: '2026-09-11' description: "Welcome to AndyWhittaker.com Little bits and pieces I've done over the years Introduction New website for 2026, based on Grav CMS. Grav is a flat file Content Management System which results in a fast web browsing experience. Many years ago I spent a l…" --- # Welcome to AndyWhittaker.com Little bits and pieces I've done over the years ![Andy Whittaker](https://andywhittaker.com/home/AndyInMalaga2025-cropped.jpg) ## Introduction New website for 2026, based on [Grav CMS](https://getgrav.org/). Grav is a flat file Content Management System which results in a fast web browsing experience. Many years ago I spent a lot of time creating my [Andy Whittaker](https://andywhittaker.com) website because I believe in sharing what I know and discovered. I am a big fan of open-source software, especially [github](https://github.com) and even [publish some of my own stuff](https://github.com/andywhittaker) too. Recently, I have also been interested in looking after our planet by focusing my thoughts on renewables and reducing the amount of energy I use. I have built my own house that is fully insulated (cavity filled with 100mm Celotex Foam – Cavity closed with 4kW of solar PV (12 x BENQ PM096B00 330 Panels), ~2200W of Solar Hot Water when it's very sunny (Valliant) and (currently) ~23kWh of battery storage with 2 x LUX LXP5000ACS inverters connected in parallel to 8 x PylonTech US3000 batteries. I'm planning to write a few articles in the coming months to share what I've done. I will probably author a few YouTube videos while I'm at it. I have a full-fibre 900Mb connection to my home provided by [Zen Internet](https://www.zen.co.uk), been my choice of ISP for at least 25 years. My home lab setup consists of a Proxmox server hosting a few internal docker containers and LXCs ([Ubuntu Server](https://ubuntu.com/download/server), [pihole](https://pi-hole.net/), [OpenClaw](https://openclaw.ai/), [NGNIX](https://nginxproxymanager.com/), [Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/), [Frigate](https://frigate.video/)) and a [TrueNAS](https://www.truenas.com/truenas-community-edition/) server for my backups and some other apps ([Immich](https://immich.app/), [Gitea](https://about.gitea.com/), [Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/), [TailsScale](https://tailscale.com/), [CloudFlared](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared)) --- ## Recent Articles ### [Why Your Shiny New Enterprise SATA Drive Refuses to Power Up](https://andywhittaker.com/articles/sata-3v3-power-disable-enterprise-drives) *16 Apr 2026* Why Your Shiny New Enterprise SATA Drive Refuses to Power Up TL;DR Modern enterprise SATA drives (WD Ultrastar, HGST Helium, Seagate Exos, Toshiba MG) use pin 3 of the SATA power connector as a "power... [Read more →](https://andywhittaker.com/articles/sata-3v3-power-disable-enterprise-drives) --- ### [Adding a Page View Counter to a Grav CMS Site](https://andywhittaker.com/articles/grav-page-view-counter) *10 Apr 2026* Adding a Page View Counter to a Grav CMS Site Updated 11 September 2026. This article was rewritten after migrating the site to Grav 2.0. The counter block now lives in a child theme rather than bei... [Read more →](https://andywhittaker.com/articles/grav-page-view-counter) --- ### [What is AppArmor and Why Should You Care?](https://andywhittaker.com/articles/what-is-apparmor) *09 Apr 2026* What is AppArmor and Why Should You Care? If you manage a Linux server and you have ever had a permission denied error that made absolutely no sense — the file existed, the ownership was correct, you... [Read more →](https://andywhittaker.com/articles/what-is-apparmor) --- ### [Going Paperless: Self-Hosted Document Management with Paperless-NGX](https://andywhittaker.com/articles/paperless-ngx) *21 Mar 2026* Going Paperless: Self-Hosted Document Management with Paperless-NGX Every year the same ritual: hunting through years of email to find last year's home insurance policy, the car MOT certificate, or pr... [Read more →](https://andywhittaker.com/articles/paperless-ngx) --- ### [Adding an Indicator Stalk to a Tesla Model 3 Highland](https://andywhittaker.com/articles/adding-an-indicator-stalk-to-rhd-tesla-model-3-highland) *01 Jan 2026* Adding an Indicator Stalk to Tesla Model 3 Highland - A retrofit guide Quick Specs: Cost: £142 delivered (AliExpress) Install Time: ~45 minutes Difficulty: Medium (requires basic tools and patience)... [Read more →](https://andywhittaker.com/articles/adding-an-indicator-stalk-to-rhd-tesla-model-3-highland) --- --- ## Navigation - Next: [Articles](https://andywhittaker.com/articles.md)