A Butchart Consulting

Legacy Integration & Advisory Services.





My key strengths are in aligning technology with business needs and integrating diverse sources of information into a cohesive whole. I do this on a variety of platforms depending on what is available and appropriate. My focus has always been on usability and reliability. Here's what is in my toolbox from most recent to oldest.
Some of the tools may be a bit rusty but with a bit of grease, I'm sure they can still be made to work.

Operating Systems
  • Linux / Debian / Raspian
  • Windows
  • Open VMS
  • UNIX
  • VMS
  • RSTS
  • System 36/SSP
  • TSO/SPF
  • IBM 8100/DPPX
  • IBM 3084/3090
  • MAI systems
 Languages / Development Tools
  • Python
  • Bash Scripting
  • JSON
  • MS-Office
  • PHP
  • Progress DB
  • MS SQL
  • ASP
  • Visual Basic Scripting
  • Synergy DBL
  • Visual Basic
  • Paradox
  • COBOL
  • RPG
  • Clipper
  • Business Basic

Current Projects

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TarPit Threat Intelligence Dashboard

A digital tarpit for the scanners and scrapers that constantly poke at every server on the internet, looking for something to exploit — old plugins, exposed config files, admin logins left unlocked.

Most sites just say "not found" and let the bot move on to the next target. This one plays along instead: it slowly strings the bot along with fake responses, so it sits there wasting time instead of scanning somewhere else.
Detection data is available as STIX 2.1 compliant threat-intel feeds, ready to plug into MISP or your SIEM of choice.

Since 2026-08-20 14:47:49, it's trapped 26192 bots and burned through 1,577 Hours hours of their time — all while real visitors sail through untouched.

Tar Pit Report sign with watching Bot and hazard zone aesthetic
Since 2026-08-20 14:47:49
26,192
Malicious Bots Caught
1,577 Hours
Attacker Time Wasted
Live Monitoring
View Live Interceptions → Source Code on GitHub → STIX Format - Last 24 Hours →
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Uncle Andy Wellness Check-In

A simple wellness check-in I built for myself and opened up to a few others. It emails you periodically to ask if you're doing OK — miss enough check-ins, and it lets your emergency contacts know so they can follow up. Not a medical alert system, just a quiet nudge so you're not forgotten about. Source coming soon to GitHub.

Uncle Andy Check In Logo
Technical Stack & Architecture
  • PHP Web Engine: Delivers a responsive, highly portable user frontend and administrative interface requiring minimal runtime overhead.
  • Bash State Automation: Manages scheduled background cron routines, checking user active states and securely executing fallback mail pipelines.
  • JSON Flat-File Storage: Eliminates bloated database management overhead, creating a portable, highly flexible database footprint with zero structural migration costs.
Active Production App Check Out The Service →
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Not Just A Sign (NJAS)

A digital signage system for running slideshows and playlists across a fleet of screens — built originally to solve my own need, and honestly still a work in progress.
It already does the job well for personal use (photos, video, schedules, all pushed out to cheap Raspberry Pis), and I think it will be a good fit for ad agencies or schools running local displays.
Still rough around the edges, but the bones are solid.

Not Just A Sign
Technical Stack & Architecture
  • Central Web Management: Provides a unified server control plane to organize, split, and schedule media bundles (images, video, audio, and slides) across multiple display channels simultaneously.
  • Offline-First Execution: Programmed so edge players pull down scheduled media payloads and cache them locally, ensuring 100% display uptime even during total internet blackouts.
  • Scalable Hardware Matrix: Optimized to support diverse hardware tiers, executing smooth media loops on everything from low-cost Raspberry Pi Zero sticks to high-performance Pi 5 setups.
  • Independent Deployment Layout: Created an agnostic architecture that permits quick self-hosted server standups, ideal for multi-site campus or closed internal environments.
Explore Signage →
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Video Integration

A multi-camera home security system built around Motion — the lightweight, no-frills Linux daemon a lot of people already run — with a more approachable dashboard wrapped around it.
One feed's public, showing local weather from my own station plus Environment Canada, and the day's stills quietly become time-lapse video.
Also ties into my old sailing site — this one's been running the longest of anything here.

The Floating Bear Live Feed
Technical Stack & Architecture
  • Motion Engine: Manages real-time Wyze and ReoLink RTSP camera feeds delivering status and live streams.
  • Bash Media Pipelines: Runs automated cron hooks to compile timed interval snapshot captures into fluid time-lapse video archives daily.
  • Home Assistant Bridge: Passes camera event triggers to local smart infrastructure arrays to automate home environments and lighting.
  • Telemetry Aggregation: Merges internal Ecowitt weather sensor maps with Environment Canada RSS matrices into unified web dashboards via custom PHP hooks.
See Current Conditions →

For more information contact me at andrew@abutchartconsulting.com


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