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layer 0- nodes1× hetzner · 2× home
- hyperv.proxmox + zfs
- netwireguard mesh
- backupborg → b2
online · accepting packets
hi, i'm emir. ▍
i run a small constellation of servers from my bedroom.
i write code, route packets, and believe that boring infrastructure wins.
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who's running this
a quick cat ~/about.md
i'm emir — a developer somewhere in germany. since 2018 i've been running my own little corner of the internet on hardware i can physically touch.
i like things that just work. boring databases. boring file formats. boring init systems. the kind of stack you can leave alone for six months and come back to find still online.
by day i write code. by night i racktune servers, draw network diagrams, and watch grafana panels go very flat and very green.
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infrastructure obsessed — i'd rather
sshthanclick -
open by default — open-source, open protocols, open about what's running
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quiet operator — i'd rather ship something that hums than something that shouts
emir@node-01:~$ whoami
emir — developer / self-hosting enthusiast
emir@node-01:~$ uname -a
Linux node-01 6.6 #1 SMP debian x86_64 GNU/Linux
emir@node-01:~$ cat ~/.passions
web · linux · networks · synthwave · late-night ssh
emir@node-01:~$ help
try:
whoami · skills · stack · services · uptime · contact · sudo make-coffee · clear
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the stack
battle-tested, deliberately boring
os & runtime
layer 1- osdebian stable
- shellzsh + tmux
- cont.docker + compose
- initsystemd
web
layer 2- edgecaddy + nginx
- tlslet's encrypt
- fronthtml · css · js
- apinode · python
data
layer 3- sqlpostgres 16
- kvredis
- objminio (s3)
- fszfs datasets
observe
layer 4- metricsprometheus
- dashgrafana
- logsloki + vector
- netsmokeping · lg
ops
layer 5- cfgansible · git
- ciforgejo actions
- secretssops + age
- vibescaffeine
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the network
live status of public services
operational
14ms
status.emir.network
realtime health of every service, every endpoint, every blinking light.
open ↗
operational
22ms
smokeping.emir.network
30+ targets, latency & jitter visualized over time.
open ↗
operational
9ms
lg.emir.network
public looking glass: ping, trace, mtr from my edge.
open ↗
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things i built
side quests, in various states of done
01
live
retardhub
a community space for like-minded people. forums, shared resources, the occasional flame war. self-hosted top to bottom.
retardhub.net
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02
in dev
nodewatch
a tiny self-hosted monitor for hobbyists: ping, port-check, certificate expiry, simple webhooks. one binary, one config file.
v0.4 · soon
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03
planning
boring.cloud
a blog / wiki collecting the unsexy lessons of running a tiny network for years. uptime, postmortems, costs.
tbd
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// philosophy
"boring infrastructure wins. pick tools you can reason about at 3 a.m. with low battery. keep one database. keep one shell. keep good backups. make the dashboard green and go to bed.
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own your stack
if i can host it on a box i can reach, i will.
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protocols > products
smtp, imap, ssh, dns. they'll outlive us all.
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plain text wins
git tracks it. grep finds it. humans read it.
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uptime is a feature
five nines isn't a brag, it's a contract.
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open a socket
i read everything · usually reply within a day