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Boring tools, used well.

Nothing on this list is novel. The interesting part is that one person keeps it all running together - cohesively, in production, without a platform team.

Orchestration

  • k3s
  • Tailscale
  • Headscale
  • systemd

Runtimes

  • Python
  • Node
  • PHP

Frontend

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Vite

Data

  • MySQL
  • SQLite
  • Redis

AI

  • Ollama
  • MCP
  • local LLMs

Observability

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Loki

Edge

  • Apache
  • NGINX
  • Caddy

Ops

  • git
  • 1Password
  • cron

The hardware behind it.

k3s cluster5 control/worker servers · 7 k3s nodes
GPU boxes2 inference / training nodes for local LLMs
Mac Studioson-prem production & render (Strange Music)
Strainge-BackupUNAS Pro · 128 TB · 3-2-1 strategy
StorageZFS mirrors · cold archive · offsite
MeshTailscale + self-hosted Headscale
Workstationsdev, render, and lab/staging boxes
EdgeKC + PDX ingress, reverse-proxied