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Abdullah

Building and managing self-hosted infrastructure. Exploring where automation and hands-on administration intersect.

Current Focus

Self-Hosted Production

Full-stack management of dedicated hardware, hosting web services and development environments with complete ownership.

Automation Research

Exploring AI-augmented system administration and Infrastructure-as-Code deployment. Using tools like Claude Code to build CI/CD pipelines while keeping human expertise central.

Currently Learning

Enterprise Linux & RHCSA

Developing RHEL/Rocky Linux skills for enterprise and government environments. Practicing full OS management, SELinux, systemd, and container orchestration with Podman—the patterns that translate directly to production infrastructure roles.

Topics I Write About

Proxmox & Virtualization Server Hardening Infrastructure Automation Self-Hosting DevOps for Solo Operators Linux Administration

I use AI tools to augment infrastructure work—not replace the understanding. The goal is building systems I fully control and comprehend.

Current Stack

stack --list Proxmox VE · Fedora · Rocky Linux · Nginx · Cloudflare