Build log

The Devbox Build, Part 5: Watching It and Keeping It

Four dashboards, two backup targets, one mail relay, and the reboot test that catches what the rest missed.

The Devbox Build, Part 4: Source Control and CI

Forgejo goes in easily. The runner is where every network decision from parts 2 and 3 gets tested at once.

The Devbox Build, Part 3: Containers and a Front Door

Docker goes on, then Caddy goes in front of it, and the tailnet starts to push back.

The Devbox Build, Part 2: Reachable From Anywhere, Visible to No One

Tailscale finds the box, mosh keeps the connection, tmux keeps the session, and the firewall only answers on the tailnet.

The Devbox Build, Part 1: Metal and OS

Two drives, one of them in the wrong slot, and a Debian install that only touches one disk.

A Boring Box on Purpose

A small server for git and CI that nobody on the internet can see, built from boring parts and written up one card at a time.

The Slow Work: Why I Built One Final Message

Two products, two user bases, one backend

I built the wrong front door