About

I’m Josh Strange. My day job is engineering manager at Touchpoint, and on the side I run GrubBux, a small company that builds software for food events.

I’ve been building things for fun for a long time, and most of my spare time still goes to it. Lately that means tools I build for myself, a self-hosted home lab that runs a lot of my day, and a 3D printer that I keep pointing at problems around the house.

What I’m working on

GrubBux handles payments for food festivals and tasting events. Attendees load a balance onto a QR code on their phone or a card, vendors scan it, and nobody has to print, sell, or count paper tickets.
FoodWeek is an app for restaurant weeks like Burger Week or Pizza Week. It’s the event guide plus a digital passport: visit a participating restaurant, collect a stamp, and qualify for prizes.
3D printing. Mostly custom Gridfinity fit-outs for drawers, modelled in code and fitted to whatever actually lives in that drawer.
The home lab. A server in the basement that runs the services I’d otherwise pay someone else for, tied into Home Assistant.

What I’m working on

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