Greenhouse journal image from: Afternoon Glow at Herb Hub 365

About Herb Hub 365

A personal greenhouse learning and development project.

Herb Hub 365 connects a real greenhouse with software engineering, sensors, cloud infrastructure, observability, automation, and AI in one practical environment.

Journal entries
365
Sensor snapshot
Updated 17:30 — Jul 26, 2026
Project mode
Iterative and learning in public
Source
Open-source repository

A greenhouse for plants and ideas

Herb Hub 365 is a personal learning and development project built around a small, sensor-equipped herb garden. It brings together horticulture, software engineering, cloud infrastructure, observability, automation, and AI in one practical environment.

The goal is not to present a finished commercial product. This site is a living record of experiments: what worked, what failed, what changed, and what I learned while building it. The greenhouse gives every technical decision a real purpose—from collecting temperature and soil-moisture readings to processing images and publishing daily updates.

What the project explores

Growing herbs

Recording plant health, seasonal changes, watering patterns, and day-to-day greenhouse observations.

Sensors and IoT

Collecting environmental and soil data from physical devices.

Software development

Building services, integrations, data pipelines, and automation tools.

Cloud and infrastructure

Learning through Azure, containers, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD workflows.

Observability

Using Prometheus data and visual reports to understand how the greenhouse behaves over time.

AI experimentation

Exploring computer vision and generated content while keeping the real plants and measurements at the centre of the story.

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Learning in public

Herb Hub 365 is intentionally iterative. Parts of the platform may be rebuilt, replaced, or simplified as new techniques are learned. The journal and architecture notes capture that process openly rather than hiding the rough edges.

This makes the site both a growing journal and a technical portfolio—a place to practise new skills, connect software to the physical world, and create something useful and enjoyable along the way.

Source code

The project is open for exploration on GitHub: HerbHub365.

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