Self-Hosted Infrastructure

The Challenge

Most companies pay thousands monthly for services they could self-host. I practice what I preach — my entire production stack runs on self-hosted open-source tools.

What I Built

• Social & Publishing — Self-hosted Mastodon instance (federated social), Castopod (podcast hosting), Postiz (social media scheduling)
• Developer Tools — Gitea (private Git server with CI), Portainer (Docker management)
• Content & Media — Plex media server, FreshRSS feed reader
• Custom Applications — Lumina (custom web app), podcast analytics dashboard
• Infrastructure — Cloudflare Tunnels for zero-port-exposure ingress, automated backups, Docker Compose orchestration across 29+ containers
• Monitoring — Container health checks, automated restart policies, resource monitoring

The Result

Production-grade infrastructure running 24/7 with near-zero monthly cost beyond electricity and internet. This is the exact approach I bring to clients — replace SaaS subscriptions with tools you own and control.