Hi, I'm Eric Burmeister.

4Q25 Environment Updates

Redesigning environment to utilize Proxmox, Kubernetes, Tailscale, an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, and AWS. This hybrid architecture will integrate an on-prem PostgreSQL database with select AWS services, enabling AI experimentation, RAG pipelines, and a centralized automation platform.

BurmHub

A self-hosted CRM-inspired platform that centralizes family events, schedules, tasks, projects, and home automation. It eliminates reliance on external services (ChatGPT and Google), supporting automated data ingestion and conversational querying of all family data.

Poolboy Q

AI-powered pool chemical testing assistant that transforms emailed PDF reports into normalized, actionable insights. Leveraging a self-hosted LLM, it instantly analyzes pool data and generates step-by-step chemical dosing and maintenance instructions, delivered directly via email.

AI Lifeguard

When done, we will have a reliable AI-driven pool monitoring system that can trigger alerts/alarms when young children are unattended near our pool. LLM training will include drowning detection, but the focus is preventive, not reactive, measures.

PROGRESS: Actively training and refining the vision LLM, chaining multiple reasoning steps (detect people, identify children, check if they're alone, etc) and testing frame-masking to boost accuracy on real pool footage.

BurmGPT

The vision is to build a private, self-hosted app to replace ChatGPT and Google assistant for queries, schedule management, collaboration, tasks, and home automation needs.

PROGRESS: Building custom web search guardrails, document chunking workflows, and data pipelines to support RAG-powered query and task automation.

kWh Dashboard

A simple pipeline that used Python to log into the Evergy account when a new billing notification email was received, extract data from the API and eBill PDFs, and consolidate cost, usage, weather, and solar production metrics for monitoring and analysis. The locally hosted dashboard was powered by Metabase.

Miles To Go

A Tableau story visualizing miles and costs over time between vehicles.

PMR

PMR (Preventive Maintenance Report) is a data visualization tool offering clients a metrics-first report following each contract maintenance visit.

Searcher

Searcher makes it easy to find replacement parts, diagrams, manuals, and manufacturer portals.