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Musings on infrastructure, software development, cybersecurity, and other random stuff.

I'm Running My Infra ACTUALLY Free Now

Well. I did it. I’ve been on a mission to run my entire infrastructure for free. Not just cheap, but actually $0 per month. AWS got me partway there, but between surprise charges and fees just to check usage, it wasn’t cutting it. We’re still running some AWS stuff. But...

I Run My Entire Domain Infra on AWS + Cloudflare for Free*

Let’s be honest: nothing in the cloud is truly free. But with a bit of effort and automation, you can get surprisingly close. This post covers how I run my personal infrastructure including a FoundryVTT game server, a portfolio site, and DNS for basically nothing. If you’re able to set...

How I Crammed So Many Services Onto My Domain's Lightsail Box

I’ve got a single Lightsail instance, and somehow it’s serving my Jekyll blog, FoundryVTT game server, Netdata dashboard, and a few other odds and ends—all behind proper TLS with reverse proxies, authentication where I need it, and without breaking the bank… and I’m still adding. This post is a quick...