“New” doesn’t mean “better.” In a world obsessed with the bleeding edge, I choose Debian 12 because I want my infrastructure to be invisible, stable, and boring. Boring is a feature.
The Iron Throne of Stability: Building Infrastructure on Debian Bedrock Read More »
Infrastructure is fragile, but your setup shouldn’t be. Discover how I combined Terraform, Ansible, Restic, and Watchtower to build a self-healing “Survival System” that can rise from the ashes of a total server meltdown in under ten minutes without me lifting a finger.
Rise from the Ashes: My Automated Disaster Recovery Setup Read More »
Provisioning a server with Terraform is high-level magic, but configuring it by hand afterward is just manual labor in disguise. Here is how I used Ansible to automate my configuration, manage my cron jobs, and finally get a good night’s sleep knowing my disaster recovery plan actually works.
Teaching Old Servers New Tricks with Ansible Playbooks Read More »
Let’s be honest: clicking through a cloud provider’s console is fine for your first “Hello World,” but it’s a nightmare for anything you actually care about. Here is why I stopped clicking buttons like a trained pigeon and started finding peace in a `.tf` file.
Spinning Servers Faster Than I Can Regret My Decisions (via Terraform) Read More »
You’ve automated your infrastructure and your configuration, but if you aren’t backing up your app volumes, you’re still just one bad day away from a total meltdown. Here is how I completed the “Kickass Trinity” by using Restic and Backblaze B2 to create a disaster recovery plan that actually works.
Stop Praying, Start Backing Up: Restic for the Modern Operator Read More »
Stop paying the “convenience tax” to cloud giants who treat your compute power like a luxury resource. In a 2026 landscape where hardware prices have skyrocketed just to fuel the production of endless AI slop, true efficiency is about digital sovereignty. By ditching bloated enterprise providers for the “Survival Stack”—Hetzner, Backblaze, and Cloudflare—I’ve slashed my infrastructure costs by 80% without sacrificing an ounce of performance. It’s time to stop funding someone else’s dreams and start building.
The FinOps of the Solo Developer: Hot Storage at Cold Prices Read More »
