Notes on self-hosting, the run, and the song. Zola 2026-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 https://blog.brahms.me/atom.xml 2026-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 2026-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 Unknown https://blog.brahms.me/hello/ <p>Hello, and welcome!</p> <p>I wanted a place to write down what I learn while running my own systems, and to share a little of the rest of my life along the way. That's what this blog is for.</p> <p>Most of it will be about self-hosting. I like having control over my family's data and understanding how the things we depend on actually work. I also enjoy having somewhere to experiment, break things, and learn how to fix them. As I wrote in my About page, self-hosting is "leg day" for my tech skills.</p> <p>For the technical posts, I want to write about the decisions as well as the setup: what I was trying to do, why I chose a particular approach, and what I learned when it didn't work. The commands and software will change/decay over time, but having a record of the reasoning should still be useful (including to "future me" trying to remember why I set something up that way!).</p> <p>There will be other things here too. Running, classical music, and naval aviation take up a fair amount of my attention, so they'll find their way into this space. This is a personal blog, and I want to leave room for things that I enjoy.</p> <p>This site itself is self-hosted. Keeping a little piece of the internet that I can look after myself feels worth the effort.</p> <p>If you'd like to know more about me, the <a href="https://blog.brahms.me/about/">About page</a> is a good place to start. Thanks for stopping by!</p>