https://blog.hakvault.com/tags/infra/Recent content in Infra on Dendrite // LogHugoen-usSun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.hakvault.com/2026/06/setting-up-this-blog-a-log-of-the-build-log/Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.hakvault.com/2026/06/setting-up-this-blog-a-log-of-the-build-log/<p>This blog exists because I wanted permanent documentation that nobody can take from me. Platforms get demonetized, algorithms shift, accounts get flagged — none of that happens to a folder of Markdown files sitting in a git repo I control. Fitting, then, that the first real post here is about standing the thing up. Wasn&rsquo;t a clean one-shot deploy. Worth recording exactly where it went sideways.</p> <h2 id="the-stack-decision">The stack decision</h2> <p>Started by almost going down the Ghost-on-a-VPS route — self-hosted Ghost via Docker on Oracle&rsquo;s free-tier cloud. Backed out of it once I was honest about what I actually wanted: zero ongoing maintenance. A VPS means an OS to patch, a Docker daemon to babysit, the occasional &ldquo;why did my server stop responding&rdquo; debugging session. None of that is what I&rsquo;m here for.</p>