Build • Automate • Improve

Ric Glancy

Dad • Partner • Son • Brother • DIY Dude • Problem Solver • Geek • Gadget Man

Family-first, tech-loving and endlessly curious. I like building, fixing, automating and creating things that make life better. From smarter homes and server upgrades to side hustles, 3D-printed fixes and BBQ ideas, I’m usually learning, improving, overthinking something, and running on coffee, Vimto and curiosity.

Current Projects

A snapshot of the things being built, fixed, automated, improved, or still “on the list”.

🧰 Current Projects

🖥️Unraid & ServersActive
🏠Home AssistantActive
📶Network UpgradesActive
📹CCTV ImprovementsActive
🔥BBQ Kitchen PodBuilding
❤️Health & Weight LossIn Progress
💷Side HustlesPlanning
📦Organising the LoftPlanning

❤️ What Drives Me

  • Security for my family
  • Building a better future
  • Making life easier
  • Family time
  • Learning new things
  • Financial freedom
  • More adventures

🎯 Future Goals

  • More time freedom
  • Financial security
  • More family adventures
  • Finish the BBQ kitchen pod
  • Smarter home
  • Better health
  • Grow passive income
  • Travel more

Strengths

  • Problem solver
  • Resourceful
  • Self-taught
  • Persistent
  • Systems thinker
  • Reliable
  • Loyal
  • Creative
  • Adaptable
  • Always learning

⚠️ In Progress

  • Too many projects
  • Starts new things before finishing old ones
  • Can overthink things
  • Hoarder of gadgets and “future use” items
  • Doesn’t like selling things
  • Tidying the loft… eventually

💡 Philosophy

If it can be automated, automate it.

Understand how it works before replacing it.

There is usually a solution, even if it’s not obvious yet.

❤️ Favourite Things

🧱 LEGO
🖥️ Servers
Coffee
🔥 BBQs
🐾 Dogs
⚙️ Tech
🖨️ 3D Printing
✈️ Holidays

🙂 Quirks

  • Buys LEGO faster than he builds LEGO
  • Has enough spare tech to start a data centre
  • Sees potential uses for everything
  • Will automate a task rather than do it twice
  • Needs to have the fastest internet available
  • Can justify another gadget in under 30 seconds

🔥 BBQ Kitchen Pod

The dream build: outdoor cooking, lights, storage, shelter and probably a few more features than originally planned.

Building the dream

Daily Reminders

  • Progress, not perfection.
  • Family comes first.
  • Not every project needs finishing today.
  • Health is a long game.
  • It’s ok to enjoy the journey.
  • There will always be another gadget.

🚩 The Plan

Build a life of freedom, opportunity and memories with the people — and dog — that matter most. Use tech where it helps, learn how things work, and keep making life a little better one project at a time.