Hello World
I’m starting this blog to document the things I build in my home lab, the infrastructure decisions I make, and the patterns I discover along the way.
For the past few years, I’ve been running infrastructure that’s mine—not AWS, not Heroku, not some managed service. Just me, a few servers, and the freedom to experiment without someone else’s billing meter running.
This is where I write about that.
Why Now?
I realized I’ve built a lot of useful things—patterns, automations, solutions to problems—and I wasn’t documenting any of it. Every time I started a new project, I’d forget how I solved something similar before. Every time someone asked “how did you set that up?”, I’d have to explain from scratch.
This blog is my rubber duck. It forces me to write down what I’m doing, why I’m doing it, and how it actually works.
What This Is
This is a private technical blog. No tracking. No ads. No algorithm trying to optimize for engagement.
I write about:
- Infrastructure - Building and maintaining servers, networking, and the stuff that runs in the background
- Software Development - Tools, patterns, and systems that actually work
- Home Lab - What I’m running, why I’m running it, and what I learned
- Cloud vs Self-Hosted - When you should own it, when you shouldn’t, and the trade-offs
This isn’t a tutorial site. I’m not trying to teach you how to do anything specific. I’m just writing down how I solved problems, and hopefully that’s useful for you too.
How to Read This
- Posts are practical. I’m documenting actual decisions and implementations.
- I’m not trying to be comprehensive. If something worked for me, I write about it.
- Grammar is fine but not fancy. Code examples are real. Solutions are tested.
If you’re building your own infrastructure, trying to understand how stuff actually works, or just curious about what’s possible when you own the stack—you’re in the right place.
If you’re looking for enterprise best practices and corporate wisdom—this isn’t it.
One More Thing
This blog runs on Astro 6 and deploys to Cloudflare Pages. The source is in a private GitHub repo. It’s fast, simple, and requires almost no maintenance.
That’s exactly how I like it.
Trailstack. Infrastructure that runs in the dark.