# Jeff Geerling

> Jeff Geerling is a St. Louis-based developer, author and video creator whose work makes computers, networks and electronics understandable through hands-on experiments. Raised around his father’s radio engineering work, he went from Drupal and enterprise infrastructure to Ansible books, Raspberry Pi projects, three YouTube channels and the planned HomelabFest gathering.

- **Role:** Owner/President at Midwestern Mac, LLC; independent creator
- **Organizations:** Midwestern Mac, LLC, Geerling Engineering, HomelabFest, Ansible by Red Hat, Acquia, Mercy, Flocknote LLC, Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Infinity Broadcasting/CBS Radio
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Philosophy (degree stated in interview), Saint Louis University, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary
- **Known for:** Authored Ansible for DevOps, Ansible for Kubernetes and Kubernetes 101., Ansible for DevOps earned more than $25,000 before completion, according to Leanpub., Built and documented a one-petabyte Raspberry Pi storage project with help from Broadcom, Raspberry Pi and 45Drives engineers.

## Career timeline

- **1999-2002** — Worked as an engineering assistant at Infinity Broadcasting/CBS Radio.
- **2008-2011** — Directed web development for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.
- **2009-present** — Owned and led Midwestern Mac, LLC.
- **2011-2013** — Served as chief technical officer at Flocknote LLC.
- **2013** — Began using Ansible for infrastructure work and writing about it.
- **2014-2019** — Worked at Acquia as a senior technical architect.
- **2019-2021** — Worked as a technical consultant for Ansible by Red Hat.
- **2020** — Ansible 101 streams and Raspberry Pi Kubernetes videos helped grow his YouTube audience.
- **2021** — Launched Geerling Engineering with his father Joe.
- **2025** — Announced Project MINI RACK.
- **2026** — Moved his long-running blog from Drupal to Hugo and announced HomelabFest for 2027.

## Achievements

- Authored Ansible for DevOps, Ansible for Kubernetes and Kubernetes 101.
- Ansible for DevOps earned more than $25,000 before completion, according to Leanpub.
- Built and documented a one-petabyte Raspberry Pi storage project with help from Broadcom, Raspberry Pi and 45Drives engineers.
- Created Project MINI RACK, an open resource for 10-inch homelabs.
- Maintains open source infrastructure projects and educational YouTube channels.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Announced HomelabFest for September 2027 in the St. Louis area.
- **2026-08** — Built a portable mini homelab for a vintage-computer demonstration at VCF Midwest.
- **2026-01** — Migrated his personal blog, with more than 3,500 posts, from Drupal to Hugo.

## Links

- Website: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-geerling-086bb2a
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/geerlingguy
- GitHub: https://github.com/geerlingguy
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JeffGeerling
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jeffgeerling.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geerlingguy/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geerlingguy
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geerlingguy

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Last updated: 2026-09-29