About

Why is this on the internet?

I frequently encounter problems where a quick search lacks practical solutions. However, I've also discovered that some of the most helpful answers come from detailed posts by people who've solved obscure issues, exactly, or at least similar to the problems I'm trying to solve.

Because strangers on the internet have helped me significantly, I try to write similar posts when I solve obscure problems myself, hoping to be a contributor of content and not only a consumer.

Lasting content

I've seen over the years where content has disappeared - sites disappear, Reddit posts get removed, etc. The goal is that this site and its information will not be erased from the internet. I'm making it a point not to remove aging or old content and aim to make minimal changes to the site structure.

Home-Built & efficient resources -- Local

This site runs on my infrastructure. The containers, database, and front end are hosted locally in a custom-built 10'x10' climate-controlled server room & workspace in my garage.

The setup is housed in a heavily insulated cube structure with OSB exterior, metal framing, drywall interior, Dricore subfloor, and Costco's best laminate flooring. Climate control is a single self-installed BlueRidge S5 mini-split. The garage itself is made of concrete blocks with concrete floors. This space doubles as my WFH workspace.

Power and connectivity are solved by a 100A electrical service run to the outbuilding with multiple branch circuits to break the circuits up in the room, and a fiber run directly to the room from a utility closet in my house, where my ISP fiber terminates

DDOS Protected Routed Subnets -- Cloud

So that I don't have to deal with obtaining IP space from my ISP, I use a site-to-site VPN connection to a cloud VM that has a routed public IPv4 /29 subnet and a routed public IPv6 /56 prefix that I then route over the tunnel to a local Opnsense VM. This has proved to be effective for hosting various projects.

Feedback

Any feedback helps me learn to write better. For corrections, questions, or comments, contact me at [email protected].