Docker

The goal Set up a Minecraft server to play with friends that is: Economical: auto-pause when no players are online to save resources Modded: performance and quality-of-life mods Monitored: metrics exported to Prometheus Secure: whitelist, no unnecessary public access Stack Component Technology Runtime Docker (itzg/minecraft-server) Mod Loader Fabric 1.21.10 Mods Modrinth (auto-download) Metrics Prometheus Exporter OS Linux VPS Docker Compose The server is deployed with a single Docker image that manages everything: ...

Motivation I wanted a personal site that reflects my work philosophy: fast, secure, reproducible, and automated. No WordPress, no heavy CMS. A static site generated with Hugo, served behind a hardened reverse proxy, deployed with Docker Compose, and ready to scale. Architecture ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Internet │ └──────────────────────┬───────────────────────────┘ │ ┌────────▼────────┐ │ Cloudflare DNS │ └────────┬────────┘ │ ┌────────▼────────┐ │ Traefik v3 │ │ (Reverse Proxy)│ │ :80 → :443 │ └────────┬────────┘ │ ┌────────▼────────┐ │ Hugo Server │ │ (PaperMod) │ │ :1313 │ └─────────────────┘ Components Component Technology Purpose Static generator Hugo + PaperMod Generates HTML/CSS/JS site Reverse proxy Traefik v3 TLS termination, security headers, rate limiting Certificates Let’s Encrypt + DNS Challenge Automatic TLS via Cloudflare Containers Docker Compose Service orchestration DNS Cloudflare DNS management and caching Hugo + PaperMod I chose Hugo for its extreme speed and PaperMod for its clean, minimalist design. ...

Motivation I always wanted an environment to experiment with the same tools I use professionally. A homelab with HashiCorp Stack lets me iterate fast, break things without fear, and learn in depth. Architecture ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Traefik (Ingress) │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Consul Cluster │ │ (Service Discovery + Mesh) │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Nomad Cluster │ │ (Workload Orchestration) │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Vault Cluster │ │ (Secrets + PKI) │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Prometheus + Grafana + Loki (Observability) │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ NixOS Nodes (x4) - Bare Metal │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Nodes The cluster consists of 4 NixOS nodes, each with its declarative configuration: ...