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Self-Hosted Prototyping and Demo Environment
A production-inspired homelab for prototyping, service hosting, and technical demonstrations.
- Problem
- Needed a safe environment to design, test, and showcase infrastructure and software solutions.
- Solution
- Built a production-inspired homelab platform on an HP Mini PC for prototyping, service hosting, and technical demonstrations.
- Technologies
- HP Mini PC · Linux(Debian) · Containers · Automation · Networking · Monitoring · Documentation · Security · VPN
- Role
- Solution designer & implementer
- What I learned
- Testing architectures locally enabled faster cloud deployments and more predictable implementation outcomes.