I've been running servers and managing technical infrastructure for 14 years. DNS, Docker, Cloudflare, self-hosted applications, gaming servers. I build things that work and keep them running. No ticket system. No handoffs. I figure it out.
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Synology DS918+ · Hub & Storage │ │ │ │ sonarr radarr readarr prowlarr │ │ overseerr maintainerr tautulli watchtower │ │ │ │ tdarr (orchestration hub only, no transcoding) │ │ Synology Reverse Proxy · HTTPS · Let's Encrypt │ └────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘ transcode jobs delegated to worker nodes │ ┌───────────┴───────────┐ ▼ ▼ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────┐ │ Mac Mini M4 │ │ Windows PC │ │ Plex · Jellyfin │ │ tdarr node │ │ tdarr node │ │ NVENC │ │ VideoToolbox │ │ │ └─────────────────┘ └─────────────────────┘
DNS setup and management, A records, CNAMEs, MX records, TXT records, domain routing. I've configured this for real businesses with Shopify storefronts, Google Workspace email, and custom subdomains. If your domain is a mess or something stopped working, I can sort it out.
Deploy and maintain containerized applications on your own hardware or a VPS. I handle the compose files, volume mapping, networking, reverse proxy, and keep it updated. You get the app, not the headache.
Business email setup and migration. Getting Google Workspace connected to your domain, MX records pointed correctly, making sure mail actually routes where it should. I've done this for my own business and ran a production mail server on a Raspberry Pi for a client before migrating them to Google Workspace when they outgrew it.
Setup, configuration, and ongoing administration of dedicated game servers. Minecraft, and more. Been doing this since 2011. Your community gets a server that stays up and someone who actually knows what they're doing when it doesn't.
Ongoing technical support for small businesses that don't need a full-time IT person. I'm the person you call when something breaks, when you need something set up, or when you just need someone to tell you what's wrong. Available remotely, local when it makes sense.
Something is broken and you don't know why. Your tech is held together with duct tape and good intentions. You need someone who will actually dig in, not open a ticket. That's what I do. Send me a message with what's wrong.
This is what I run at home. Not a demo environment. Not a tutorial I followed. A real, distributed infrastructure stack that I built, broke, fixed, migrated from a 2-bay to a 4-bay NAS with minimal downtime, and have been running continuously for years.
Nine containerized services orchestrated on a Synology DS918+ NAS. Tdarr running as a pure hub, delegating all transcoding work to hardware-accelerated worker nodes on a Mac Mini M4 (VideoToolbox) and a Windows PC (NVENC). Cloudflare handling DNS and edge routing. Synology's built-in reverse proxy serving subdomains over HTTPS with HSTS and automated cert renewal.
Why document this publicly? Because anyone can claim they know Docker. The README shows the decisions, the tradeoffs, and the reasoning. That's the actual work.
I've been running servers and managing technical infrastructure for 14 years. Not as a hobby I picked up recently. Something I've done continuously, gotten good at, and now do for other people.
My background is software development in genomics at UAB and HudsonAlpha, where I built and maintained production tools used in clinical research. I owned the testing infrastructure, the CI/CD pipeline, the whole thing. Before that I ran my own server infrastructure. After that I founded a consumer products business and built its entire technical stack myself.
When the POS went down mid-event with customers standing there, I diagnosed it and got my partner back up and running in real time. That's the kind of problem I deal with. I don't open tickets. I figure it out.
I work with small businesses and communities that need someone to own their technical operations without adding a full-time hire. Remote first, North Alabama available when it makes sense.
If something in your stack is broken, misconfigured, or held together with duct tape, send me a message. I'll respond within one business day. No contact forms that go nowhere. No automated responses. Just me.
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