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cmc <hello@cleberg.net> · 2026-01-21 04:28 UTC

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4		What are the technologies behind =cleberg.net=? See below. I tend to flip-flop
	4	What are the technologies behind ~cleberg.net~? See below. I tend to flip-flop
5	5	on my DNS providers and Git hosts often, but the rest of these technologies are
6	6	consistently powering this website.
7	7
8		\| Technology \| What I Use \|
9		\|-----------------------+-------------\|
10		\| Registrar \| [[https://njal.la][Njalla]] \|
11		\| DNS \| [[https://cloudflare.com][Cloudflare]] \|
12		\| Server \| [[https://cleberg.net/blog/server-build.html][Self-hosted]] \|
13		\| Operating System \| [[https://ubuntu.com][Ubuntu]] \|
14		\| Web Server \| [[https://nginx.org][Nginx]] \|
15		\| SSL \| [[https://certbot.eff.org][Certbot]] \|
16		\| Static Site Generator \| [[https://github.com/emacs-love/weblorg][Weblorg]] \|
17		\| Markup Language \| [[https://orgmode.org][org-mode]] \|
18		\| Git Host \| [[https://git.cleberg.net][cGit]] \|
19		\| CI/CD \| [[https://git.cleberg.net/cleberg.net.git/tree/build.py][build.py]] \|
	8	I've also included various technologies that I use /while/ building
	9	~cleberg.net~, as they seem relevant to complete the picture.
	10
	11	* Philosophy
	12
	13	My choice of tools is guided by a few core "soft" requirements that are more important to me than convenience or feature-creep:
	14
	15	- Digital Sovereignty: If I don't own the hardware or the plain-text source, I
	16	don't truly own the content. This site lives in my rack, not on someone else's
	17	"cloud."
	18	- Zero Tracking: I have no interest in your data. I don't use cookies, I don't
	19	track your IP, and I don't care how many "unique visitors" I have. If the
	20	content is useful, it will find its way via RSS or word-of-mouth.
	21	- Disposable Infrastructure: The server is a pet, but the site is a cattle.
	22	Because the entire build is driven by org-mode and a single ~build.py~ script,
	23	I can lose the entire machine and be back online on a fresh OS in minutes.
	24	- Minimalist Stack: I prefer tools that do one thing well. Weblorg for static
	25	generation and Nginx for serving files is a stack that will likely still work
	26	ten years from now without a single dependency update.
	27
	28	* Software
	29
	30	\| Technology \| What I Use \|
	31	\|-----------------------+----------------------------------\|
	32	\| Registrar \| [[https://njal.la][Njalla]] \|
	33	\| DNS \| [[https://cloudflare.com][Cloudflare]] [fn:1] \|
	34	\| Security \| [[https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/][Cloudflare Zero Trust]] + [[https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban][fail2ban]] \|
	35	\| Routing \| [[https://ui.com/][UniFi]] \|
	36	\| Server \| [[https://cleberg.net/blog/server-build.html][Self-hosted]] \|
	37	\| Operating System \| [[https://ubuntu.com][Ubuntu]] \|
	38	\| Web Server \| [[https://nginx.org][Nginx]] + [[https://community.torproject.org/onion-services/setup/][Tor]] \|
	39	\| SSL \| [[https://certbot.eff.org][Certbot]] \|
	40	\| Static Site Generator \| [[https://github.com/emacs-love/weblorg][Weblorg]] \|
	41	\| Terminal \| [[https://iterm2.com/][iTerm2]] \|
	42	\| Shell \| [[https://www.zsh.org/][Zsh]] \|
	43	\| Editor \| [[https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs][Doom Emacs]] \|
	44	\| Markup Language \| [[https://orgmode.org][org-mode]] \|
	45	\| Image Processing \| [[https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/w/webp.rb][webP CLI]] \|
	46	\| Browser(s) [fn:2] \| [[https://www.torproject.org/][Tor]] + [[https://librewolf.net/][LibreWolf]] \|
	47	\| Version Control \| [[https://git-scm.com/][Git (CLI)]] \|
	48	\| Git Host \| [[https://git.cleberg.net][cGit]] \|
	49	\| CI/CD \| [[https://git.cleberg.net/cleberg.net.git/tree/build.py][build.py]] + [[https://www.openssh.org/][OpenSSH]] \|
	50	\| Email Host \| [[https://proton.me/mail][Proton Mail]] \|
	51	\| Search Engine \| [[https://docs.searxng.org/][SearXNG]] \|
	52	\| Backups \| N/A - Absolutely None [fn:3] \|
	53	\| Monitoring \| N/A - Absolutely None \|
	54	\| Analytics \| N/A - Absolutely None \|
	55	\| Social Media \| N/A - Absolutely None \|
	56	\| Newsletter \| N/A - RSS Only \|
	57
	58	[fn:1] I hate myself a little bit for using Cloudflare, but they've proven to be
	59	extremely reliable over the years and have not invaded my privacy (at least, in
	60	a visible manner). They also allow me to experience a large jump in security for
	61	zero cost, which is nice.
	62	[fn:2] I don't get paid for this, so I only test my site in my current primary
	63	browser(s).
	64	[fn:3] I have nothing to back up except the source code (which is already
	65	"backed up" via Git), since I do not collect or store any user data.
	66
	67	* Hardware
	68
	69	I run most of my services from my custom, rack-mounted server (details below),
	70	but I also run a Dell Optiplex and a Raspbery Pi 4 for some miscellaneous
	71	services.
	72
	73	See the following blog post for more information on this server: [[https://cleberg.net/blog/server-build.html][Building a
	74	High-Performance Rack-Mounted Server with Consumer PC Components]].
	75
	76	\| Hardware Component \| What I Use \|
	77	\|--------------------+--------------------------------------------------\|
	78	\| Chassis \| Rosewill RSV-R4100U 4U Rackmount \|
	79	\| Motherboard \| NZXT B550 \|
	80	\| CPU \| AMD Ryzen 7 5700G [fn:4] \|
	81	\| GPU \| N/A - Onboard Radeon Graphics \|
	82	\| RAM \| 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4 \|
	83	\| Boot Drive \| 500GB WD M.2 NVMe SSD \|
	84	\| Storage (HDD) \| 1x10TB White, 1x8TB White, 2x8TB Red Plus \|
	85	\| Power Supply \| Corsair RM850 \|
	86	\| Thermal Paste \| Corsair TM30 \|
	87	\| Cooling \| Noctua Fans (1x120mm front, 2x80mm rear) \|
	88	\| Cabling \| CableMatters 6Gbps SATA \|
	89
	90	[fn:4] Specifically chosen for onboard graphics support to avoid needing a
	91	dedicated GPU in the rack.

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