Automating Blog Posts with a Synology NAS and Claude AI
When I set up my home lab with a Synology DS420j NAS, I wanted a project that would let me explore Claude’s API capabilities in a practical, everyday context. The result is a Python pipeline that takes photos from my NAS, hands them to Claude, and automatically generates and publishes a fully formatted blog post to my Hugo static site on GitHub. Here’s how I built it. The Hardware The foundation of this project is straightforward: a Synology DS420j — a 4-bay NAS — connected to a home router via a network switch. The NAS serves as the central storage layer, holding photos in a dedicated shared folder (blog/photos/latest/) that the pipeline reads from. The DS420j runs Synology’s DSM operating system and is accessible at a reserved local IP address, which makes it a reliable and addressable part of the home network. ...