About
Hi, I'm Insidious - I build infrastructure, break things apart to understand them, and occasionally write about what I find. Most of my work revolves around self-hosted, open-source alternatives to the services people pay for.
- "Beware the subtlest of dangers, for they are often the most insidious."
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Do you use AI?
Yup! At work for software development, and to help me write out my articles. I'm not the greatest yet at putting writeups together, so I throw together a draft and have AI make it nice. The ideas and technical content are mine — AI just helps with the prose.
What's your tech stack?
This blog runs on Astro, deployed to Cloudflare Pages. I self-host most of my infrastructure on bare metal using Proxmox, Docker, and whatever glue holds it all together that week.
Why self-host?
Control. I want to own my data, understand every layer, and not depend on a service that could disappear or change terms overnight. It's more work, but that's kind of the point.
Can I reach out?
Sure — email's the best bet. Links are in the Elsewhere section above. If you need encryption, grab the PGP key below.
PGP Key
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