Blog tag
self-hosting
Posts filed under self-hosting. A small cluster of related thoughts from the den.
Posts
Back to blog- bartender.studio: separating the work from the home
hiddenden has always been personal. but the skills that live here are real, and at some point it made sense to give them their own place. this is about why I built bartender.studio, and what I want it to be.
- Ember — building an AI that reaches out first
Most AI tools wait for you to start. I'm building one that doesn't. This is about why that distinction matters, and what it actually means to have a presence instead of a product.
- Two monitors, a wooden desk, and a better place to build
My employer retired a pair of Samsung ultrawides. I asked if I could have them. That small question turned into one of the better upgrades to my home setup in a while.
- I scanned the internet for Ollama servers. Here's what I found.
Built a small scanner. Nothing fancy — just a tool that checks whether a given IP is running an Ollama instance with its API publicly reachable. I wasn't expecting to find much. I was wrong.
- The quiet luxury of self-hosting a personal sanctuary
Self-hosting is often framed as a technical challenge. But for some, it's something softer: a way to create a calm, private place online that feels like home. This is about building a digital sanctuary, not just infrastructure.
- Welcome to the Den
First proper post. Why I built this site, what it runs on, and what to expect.