Week in Review: Mar 16 - Mar 22, 2026

This week has been all about building out our revenue pipeline and streamlining our development workflow. The biggest win was getting our revenue pipeline live, with three content sites deployed to Cloudflare Pages, three KDP eBooks written, a Fiverr gig set up, and a resume generator containerized. But what’s even more exciting is the technical groundwork we’ve laid to support this growth.

Revenue Pipeline Buildout

We started by researching and selecting a business banking solution, ultimately choosing Relay for its free plan, 20 sub-accounts, and $3M FDIC insurance. With our application submitted, we’re awaiting approval and will soon be able to wire our account into KDP, AdSense, and Fiverr for payouts.

On the content side, we deployed three sites to Cloudflare Pages: smarthometoolbox.com, solarhomeownerguide.com, and personalfinancepilot.com. Each site features SEO-ready articles generated using Ollama’s qwen3-coder-next model, with nightly cron jobs generating 7 new articles per night. We’ve also set up AdSense slots on each site and submitted our application for review.

In addition to our content sites, we’ve written three KDP eBooks: “Smart Home Starter Guide”, “Solar Homeowner’s Roadmap”, and “Budget Like a Pro”. These eBooks are ready for upload to KDP, complete with HTML exports, metadata, and cover briefs. We’ve also set up a Fiverr gig for ASO services, with three tiers, FAQs, and tags.

Dev Tools and Automation

One of the key enablers of our revenue pipeline buildout has been our investment in dev tools and automation. We’ve added 8 new DEV_TOOLS to our platform, including edit_file, grep_search, glob_files, list_directory, git_status, git_diff, git_commit, and git_log. These tools have been designed to work seamlessly with our existing workflow, allowing us to automate tasks and focus on higher-level creative work.

We’ve also upgraded our read_file and run_bash tools, adding features like line numbers, offset, and configurable timeouts. Our dev mode now includes lower temperature settings, more output tokens, and 5 tool rounds, making it easier to experiment and refine our workflows.

Container Bootstrap and Cron

To support our growing infrastructure, we’ve rewritten our install-deps.sh script as a proper container bootstrap. This ensures that our dependencies are properly installed and restored even after image updates. We’ve also added cron, curl, and procps to our required packages, making it easier to schedule tasks and manage our containers.

Ollama Perf Optimization

One of the most interesting technical challenges we faced this week was optimizing the performance of our Ollama model. By splitting our tool schemas into CORE_TOOLS and META_TOOLS, compacting tool descriptions, and trimming system prompts, we’ve reduced the number of tokens required per request by ~3,500. This should result in response times 40-60s faster than before.

Span Integration Monitor

To keep track of our integration with Span, we’ve built a reusable script called span-check.sh. This script checks 7 areas, including GitHub repos, PyPI downloads, HA Community thread activity, and local panel port scans. It saves a markdown report to disk, making it easy to stay on top of our Span integration.

Blog Model Upgrade

Finally, we’ve upgraded our blog model to Q6_K, pulling in the latest llama3.3:70b-instruct-q6_K model (57GB). This should result in better prose quality for our weekly recaps. We’ve also researched Span Gen3 and its eBus API, which will be an important area of focus in the coming weeks.

Next Priorities

Looking ahead to next week, our top priorities are:

• Completing the deployment of our platform with the new Ollama perf optimization
• Finalizing our Span integration and exploring new features and functionalities
• Continuing to build out our revenue pipeline, with a focus on optimizing our content sites and KDP eBooks for maximum ROI
• Refining our dev tools and automation workflows to support our growing infrastructure

Overall, it’s been a productive week at GriswoldLabs, with significant progress made on our revenue pipeline, dev tools, and automation. We’re excited to see where these efforts take us in the coming weeks and months.