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# Marcus Rehbock
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> Technical product manager and builder from Brisbane, Australia, now in San Francisco building startups. Co-founder of The Pai Company. Formerly Technical Product Manager at Updoc (healthtech) and Associate Product Manager intern at Atlassian. BSc Computer Science + BCom Finance, University of Queensland. Runs a ~35-container self-hosted server, writes a friends & family newsletter, and ships side projects across web, mobile and ML.
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Canonical site: https://rehbock.xyz (marcusrehbock.com is the same person). Contact: marcus@rehbock.xyz.
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Core values, in his own words: Health · Relationships · Wealth · Flow.
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## Identity
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- [Home](https://rehbock.xyz/): who I am, newsletter issues, a random quote
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- [Resume](https://rehbock.xyz/resume/): experience, education, awards — Updoc, Atlassian, The Pai Company, UQ
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- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-rehbock-52673b159/): professional profile
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- [Code](https://git.rehbock.xyz/marcus): self-hosted Gitea with public repositories
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## Things I've built
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- [Samford Valley home](https://rehbock.xyz/projects/samford-valley-home/): extendible homestead design with solar, a freestanding wind turbine concept, gardens and an editable Blender model; an earlier whole-site Unreal walking prototype and concept film are available. Real-site surveys, wind assessment and engineering remain future work.
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- [Projects](https://rehbock.xyz/projects/): the full list with what/why/stack for each
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- [maPPP](https://mappp.rehbock.xyz): interactive 3D globe of purchasing power on live World Bank data (three.js, globe.gl)
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- [Sonora](https://sonora.rehbock.xyz): local 3D audio visualizer — spectral peaks as an orbiting constellation, plus texture/frequency/modulation plots (three.js, Web Audio API); source at https://git.rehbock.xyz/marcus/sonora
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- [BJJ injury visualizer](https://bjj.rehbock.xyz): interactive 3D anatomy of a T2–T5 costovertebral joint sprain from a jiu-jitsu neck crank — mechanism animation plus six rehab exercises with the targeted structures highlighted (three.js, single file)
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- [BuddhaGPT](https://git.rehbock.xyz/marcus/buddha-gpt): Qwen2.5-7B QLoRA fine-tune on the Pali Canon, RAG with sutta citations, CompassionBench eval harness (Python)
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- [Friends & Family Newsletter](https://blog.rehbock.xyz): seven long-form issues, self-hosted and self-sent; custom admin, editor and voice-memo tooling
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- [Budgy](https://budgyai.xyz): AI budget meal planner — seven dinners and a priced shopping list from a weekly budget (iOS + web)
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- [GoalHound](https://goalhound-app.vercel.app/): AI accountability partner on WhatsApp — set a SMART goal, send photo proof, get chased until it's done
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- [Kin](https://git.rehbock.xyz/marcus/kin): self-hosted relational-wealth CRM — Bun/Hono API, web UI, Expo Android app
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- [GTD](https://git.rehbock.xyz/marcus/gtd): minimal Getting Things Done app — Expo/React Native + Bun + Postgres
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- [Meditation timer](https://git.rehbock.xyz/marcus/meditation-timer): Jhana timer for GrapheneOS, CI-built APKs via Gitea Actions + Obtainium
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- Private, self-hosted: a personal health platform (bloodwork, DNA, DEXA, workouts, sleep, meditation; Bun + SQLite API + MCP server + Expo app), ClaudeClaw (a Claude Code ops agent on the server, over Telegram), a voice-memo → newsletter pipeline, and the homelab itself (Docker Compose behind Caddy, restic backups to BorgBase)
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## Taste
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- [Heroes](https://rehbock.xyz/heroes/): people I learn from
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- [Quotes](https://rehbock.xyz/quotes/): quotes I keep coming back to
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- [Media](https://rehbock.xyz/media/): books, films, albums, YouTube, articles
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- [Hobbies](https://rehbock.xyz/hobbies/): meditation, travel, reading, building, training (basketball, Jiu Jitsu), writing
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- [Uses](https://rehbock.xyz/uses/): hardware, software and the self-hosted stack
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## Machine-readable
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- [Sitemap](https://rehbock.xyz/sitemap.xml)
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- [Newsletter RSS](https://blog.rehbock.xyz/feed.xml)
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<main><div class="intro"><p class="updated">Started September 2026 · Concept design · A project for the coming years</p>
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<h1>A home that can grow.</h1><p class="lede">A simple family homestead in Samford Valley, Queensland. Warm timber, soft clay walls, solar power, food gardens and room to change my mind.</p>
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<h1>A home that can grow.</h1><p class="lede">A simple family homestead in Samford Valley, Queensland. Warm timber, soft clay walls, solar and wind power, food gardens and room to change my mind.</p>
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<p>I want to spend the next few years getting this house right. Inspired by Derek Sivers’ article <a href="https://sive.rs/fit">Building without predicting</a>, the starting point is a few straightforward spaces, with future additions left visible as outlines. The house should adapt to life as it unfolds.</p>
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<blockquote>“All buildings are predictions. All predictions are wrong.”<cite>— Stewart Brand</cite></blockquote>
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<p>The current model brings together a central kitchen, dining and living space, an adjacent parents’ bedroom, a quiet meditation room, an outdoor sauna and shower, and a garage with a workbench and bike storage. Container-enclosed rainwater storage, solar panels, a greenhouse and garden beds are part of the homesteading idea.</p></div>
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<p>The current model brings together a central kitchen, dining and living space, an adjacent parents’ bedroom, a quiet meditation room, an outdoor sauna and shower, and a garage with a workbench and bike storage. A freestanding wind turbine is now part of the concept alongside container-enclosed rainwater storage, solar panels, a greenhouse and garden beds are part of the homesteading idea.</p></div>
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<div class="intro"><h2 id="wind-turbine">A wind turbine of my own</h2><p><strong>24 September 2026 — Version 009.</strong> A three-blade turbine on a freestanding mast joins the homestead concept, set beyond the northwestern edge of the homestead to keep the central garden and future pavilions open. I want wind generation to sit alongside the existing solar and energy-storage plans.</p><p>The model shows an 18-metre hub height and a 6-metre rotor to explore its scale in the landscape. These are provisional study dimensions. The actual property’s wind, trees, terrain, neighbours and approval requirements will determine the location and equipment.</p></div>
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<figure><a href="images/v009-wind-overview.png"><img src="images/v009-wind-overview.png" alt="Actual Blender concept render of the Samford Valley homestead with a three-blade wind turbine on a freestanding mast beyond the northwestern edge of the homestead" width="1536" height="864" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>Version 009: the wind turbine in the full homestead model. Illustrative terrain and equipment scale; no surveyed location or energy yield has been established.</figcaption></figure>
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<div class="intro"><p>The editable Blender models include the turbine and a new inspection-tour chapter. The <a href="https://git.rehbock.xyz/marcus/samford-valley-home">public project repository</a> contains the distributable version, source script, updated plan and design notes. The Unreal walkthrough and version 007 film shown below retain their earlier contents.</p><p class="note">Next: assess wind at the proposed hub height, then resolve siting, noise, tower engineering, maintenance access and electrical integration. The <a href="https://www.yourhome.gov.au/energy/renewable-energy">Australian Government’s Your Home guide</a> explains why household wind needs an exposed site with smooth, consistent wind. Any grid connection will also need assessment through <a href="https://www.energex.com.au/our-services/connections/residential-and-commercial-connections/solar-connections-and-other-technologies">Energex’s generation-connection process</a>.</p></div>
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<figure><a href="images/v007-presentation-overview.jpg"><img src="images/v007-presentation-overview.jpg" alt="Garden-centred revision: aligned pavilions, an oval shared garden, curved covered walkway and flowering beds. Future pavilions remain outlines; the table-tennis deck has been removed." width="1600" height="900" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>Garden-centred revision: aligned pavilions, an oval shared garden, curved covered walkway and flowering beds. Future pavilions remain outlines; the table-tennis deck has been removed.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><video controls playsinline preload="metadata" poster="images/v007-presentation-overview.jpg" style="display:block;width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px"><source src="videos/Samford-Valley-Concept-Film-v007.mp4" type="video/mp4">Your browser can download the film using the link below.</video><figcaption>A 30-second concept film: open living, natural materials, shared meals and room to grow. <a href="videos/Samford-Valley-Concept-Film-v007.mp4">Download the MP4</a>.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><a href="images/v007-presentation-kitchen.jpg"><img src="images/v007-presentation-kitchen.jpg" alt="Detailed timber kitchen with woven pendants, clay walls, copper cookware and marble island" width="1600" height="900" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>Version 007 adds woven pendants, softer construction edges, natural-finish variation, table settings and fuller garden planting.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><a href="images/meditation-room.jpg"><img src="images/meditation-room.jpg" alt="The first actual Unreal Engine 5.8.2 render: clay walls, timber, a meditation cushion and candles." width="1600" height="900" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>The first actual Unreal Engine 5.8.2 render: clay walls, timber, a meditation cushion and candles.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><a href="images/garage.jpg"><img src="images/garage.jpg" alt="The garage study: a Tesla, workshop bench, bicycle storage and rooftop solar." width="1600" height="900" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>The garage study: a Tesla, workshop bench, bicycle storage and rooftop solar.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure><a href="images/bedroom-sleep.jpg"><img src="images/bedroom-sleep.jpg" alt="Bedroom with an Eight Sleep-style cooling cover and bedside hub, oatmeal blackout curtains and a wall-mounted split air conditioner" width="1536" height="864" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>Bedroom revision: an Eight Sleep-style cover and cooling hub, lined blackout curtains and split-system air conditioning. The outdoor condenser sits behind the bedroom wing.</figcaption></figure>
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<div class="intro"><h2>Space for everyday life</h2><p>The plan brings together a covered place to train, an outdoor table for ten, a shared oval garden and gently curving walks ending at a quiet bench. The former table-tennis deck has become a flowering garden. A clear breakfast counter, pantry and freezer storage, and a garden harvest bench make everyday food preparation easier.</p><p>A separate 10 × 10 metre area is reserved for basketball later. It is shown as a dashed outline on the plan; the court surface and hoop have not been built into the concept. The future dwelling spaces also remain outlines.</p><p>The Blender inspection tour has 31 chapters and lasts 2 minutes 35 seconds, with updated views of the garden layout, future pavilions and kitchen.</p></div>
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<div class="intro"><h2>Space for everyday life</h2><p>The plan brings together a covered place to train, an outdoor table for ten, a shared oval garden and gently curving walks ending at a quiet bench. The former table-tennis deck has become a flowering garden. A clear breakfast counter, pantry and freezer storage, and a garden harvest bench make everyday food preparation easier.</p><p>A separate 10 × 10 metre area is reserved for basketball later. It is shown as a dashed outline on the plan; the court surface and hoop have not been built into the concept. The future dwelling spaces also remain outlines.</p><p>The latest Blender inspection tour has 32 chapters and lasts 2 minutes 40 seconds, with views of the garden layout, future pavilions, kitchen and the new wind turbine.</p></div>
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<div class="intro"><h2>Where the project goes next</h2>
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<p>The Blender house is the working concept, now accompanied by a short presentation film and a walkable whole-site Unreal prototype. The next step is to refine that prototype for a smooth, packaged client experience.</p>
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<ol class="roadmap"><li><strong>Keep refining the house.</strong> Test room proportions, circulation, materials, storage and where future buildings belong.</li><li><strong>Bring in the real site.</strong> Add boundary and contour surveys, site photographs and LiDAR when a property is available.</li><li><strong>Develop coordinated plans.</strong> Bring architectural, structural and services models together with the landscape and access design.</li><li><strong>Develop the Unreal experience.</strong> Refine materials and performance, add interactions and camera tours, then package and test the walkthrough for clients.</li><li><strong>Record the build.</strong> Keep dated decisions, construction photographs and revised models as the house becomes real.</li></ol>
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<p><a href="images/concept-site-plan.svg">View the updated concept site plan →</a></p>
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<p><a href="images/wind-turbine-plan-v009.svg">View the updated concept site plan →</a></p>
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<p class="note">These images are early design studies. The terrain is illustrative; surveyed land, LiDAR and construction drawings have not been added yet.</p>
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<h2>Tesla and a daylight walkthrough</h2><p>15 September 2026 — The garage now uses an existing Tesla Model 3 by <a href="https://www.blendkit.com/asset-gallery-detail/1fc56739-2fd9-447e-b2c1-fee5d9e276b7/">7K Studio</a>. The Unreal walkthrough has clear daytime lighting. The licensed scene is stored privately; the public repository retains the earlier distributable model. The film above remains version 007.</p><figure><a href="images/v008-tesla-garage.png"><img src="images/v008-tesla-garage.png" alt="7K Studio Tesla Model 3 in the timber and clay garage, rendered in Blender" width="1600" height="1000" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>The imported artist model in Blender, with the existing workshop and bikes.</figcaption></figure><figure><a href="images/v008-daylight-overview.png"><img src="images/v008-daylight-overview.png" alt="Actual Unreal Engine daylight view of the homestead" width="1600" height="900" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>Actual Unreal Engine daylight scene. Walking and Tesla collision have been tested.</figcaption></figure><h2>Project journal</h2><p><strong>12 September 2026 — Presentation and walking prototype.</strong> Refined the Blender scene, created a short client concept film and imported the full site into Unreal Engine with a walking character, collision and lighting. This is an evolving design study; the Unreal project is not yet a packaged client application.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — Garden Buddha.</strong> Added a seated stone Buddha beside the meditation pavilion and a 31st tour chapter. The updated Blender model, plan, render and design context are saved in the public project repository.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — Container water storage.</strong> Replaced the exposed water tanks with a dark-green container-style enclosure, updated the service path and tour, and added exterior and cutaway renders. The <a href="https://git.rehbock.xyz/marcus/samford-valley-home">project repository is now public</a>, including Blender models, design context and revision history.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — A home held together by its garden.</strong> Removed the table-tennis deck, aligned the pavilions and added an oval garden court, curved covered breezeway, smooth paths and thirteen flowering beds. Updated the camera tour and saved the design history, Blender models and supporting files in a private Git repository.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — Movement, meals and a detailed kitchen.</strong> Added the training area, ten-place outdoor table and tea counter, table tennis, a future basketball reserve, garden walking loop, quiet bench and convenient food storage. Refined the kitchen with an oven, induction, copper cookware and a marble island. Updated the site plan and saved the 30-chapter Blender tour as milestone v003.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — Bedroom comfort.</strong> Added an Eight Sleep-style bed-cooling system, blackout curtains and air conditioning. The updated Blender tour opens in the bedroom; the curtains have a saved closed position for night-time studies.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — First saved milestone.</strong> Full Blender homestead and two-minute camera tour; a reading corner with 163 books; a solar-powered garage study; and the first actual Unreal Engine meditation-room render. Working files and a dated snapshot are stored on my server.</p>
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<h2>Tesla and a daylight walkthrough</h2><p>15 September 2026 — The garage now uses an existing Tesla Model 3 by <a href="https://www.blendkit.com/asset-gallery-detail/1fc56739-2fd9-447e-b2c1-fee5d9e276b7/">7K Studio</a>. The Unreal walkthrough has clear daytime lighting. The licensed scene is stored privately; the public repository retains the earlier distributable model. The film above remains version 007.</p><figure><a href="images/v008-tesla-garage.png"><img src="images/v008-tesla-garage.png" alt="7K Studio Tesla Model 3 in the timber and clay garage, rendered in Blender" width="1600" height="1000" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>The imported artist model in Blender, with the existing workshop and bikes.</figcaption></figure><figure><a href="images/v008-daylight-overview.png"><img src="images/v008-daylight-overview.png" alt="Actual Unreal Engine daylight view of the homestead" width="1600" height="900" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption>Actual Unreal Engine daylight scene. Walking and Tesla collision have been tested.</figcaption></figure><h2>Project journal</h2><p><strong>24 September 2026 — Wind turbine.</strong> Added a freestanding three-blade turbine to the Blender concept, with matched lightweight display geometry, a 32nd camera-tour chapter, a revised plan and a new overview render. Siting, capacity and equipment remain subject to assessment.</p><p><strong>12 September 2026 — Presentation and walking prototype.</strong> Refined the Blender scene, created a short client concept film and imported the full site into Unreal Engine with a walking character, collision and lighting. This is an evolving design study; the Unreal project is not yet a packaged client application.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — Garden Buddha.</strong> Added a seated stone Buddha beside the meditation pavilion and a 31st tour chapter. The updated Blender model, plan, render and design context are saved in the public project repository.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — Container water storage.</strong> Replaced the exposed water tanks with a dark-green container-style enclosure, updated the service path and tour, and added exterior and cutaway renders. The <a href="https://git.rehbock.xyz/marcus/samford-valley-home">project repository is now public</a>, including Blender models, design context and revision history.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — A home held together by its garden.</strong> Removed the table-tennis deck, aligned the pavilions and added an oval garden court, curved covered breezeway, smooth paths and thirteen flowering beds. Updated the camera tour and saved the design history, Blender models and supporting files in a private Git repository.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — Movement, meals and a detailed kitchen.</strong> Added the training area, ten-place outdoor table and tea counter, table tennis, a future basketball reserve, garden walking loop, quiet bench and convenient food storage. Refined the kitchen with an oven, induction, copper cookware and a marble island. Updated the site plan and saved the 30-chapter Blender tour as milestone v003.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — Bedroom comfort.</strong> Added an Eight Sleep-style bed-cooling system, blackout curtains and air conditioning. The updated Blender tour opens in the bedroom; the curtains have a saved closed position for night-time studies.</p><p><strong>10 September 2026 — First saved milestone.</strong> Full Blender homestead and two-minute camera tour; a reading corner with 163 books; a solar-powered garage study; and the first actual Unreal Engine meditation-room render. Working files and a dated snapshot are stored on my server.</p>
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