Colophon⚓
I got this idea from Daniel Miessler's blog and decided to borrow from it.
This Website⚓
This site was initially created to provide me with a better understanding of the projects I was working on at the time. It now serves as a container for all of my life projects.
- Documentation is stored on GitHub.
- Generated with MkDocs Material Insiders.
- Hosted with Cloudflare Pages.
- Site analytics by Plausible.
- DNS by Cloudflare.
- Media content hosted on Backblaze and served with Cloudflare.
- Written in Cursor.
Running Cost⚓
So what does it cost to run the site each month?
| Service | What | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| MkDocs | Site generator | $0 |
| Cloudflare | DNS, hosting | $0 |
| GitHub | Documentation repo | $0 |
| Plausible | Privacy-focused web analytics | $4 |
| Cloudflare | Domain name | $0.83 |
| Backblaze/Cloudflare | Content delivery | $0.00 |
| Grand total | $4.83 |
Web Technology Stack⚓
- Hosting: Hetzner, CPX21 instance
- OS: Ubuntu
- Web Server: Nginx
- JAMStack: Cloudflare Pages / Vercel
- Caching: Nginx in-memory
- WAF/Proxy: CloudFlare
- Source Code: Git
- Backups: B2/S3
Devices⚓
- My laptop is a 2021 MacBook Pro with an M1 Max 10-core CPU and 32GB of unified memory.
- My homelab runs on a System76 Meerkat with a 12-core i7 and 64GB of memory.
- My Security Gateway is a pfSense XG-7100 Desktop.
Additional specifications can be found here.
Writing⚓
I write using the following:
- Source Code: Cursor
- Knowledge Base | Blog: MkDocs Material Insiders
Furniture⚓
- Chair: Embody by Herman Miller
- Desk: V2 4-Leg Standing Desk by Uplift Desk
Fonts⚓
The font used for this site is Bitter Pro.
Additional fonts I use are:
- Domaine Text
- Fira Code iscript
- Freight Display Pro
- Freight Text Pro
- iA Writer Duospace
- IBM Plex Serif
- Jetbrains Mono
- Ligalex Mono
- Lora
- SF Pro Text
Theme⚓
The theme I use for this site is Dracula.
Also used is the 'Van Helsing' variant of Dracula Pro for the following:
Cursor uses the Dracula Refined theme.