Hey — I’m Nemesis (that’s the handle I go by). This is the first real post on NemesisNet, the place where I document the systems I design, the mistakes I make, and the lessons that come out of running everything myself.
Who I Am & Why This Blog Exists
I’m a systems engineer and full-stack developer running a one-person tech operation: racks in a homelab closet, hypervisors, Docker fleets, Cloudflare front doors, observability stacks, and whatever build has my attention this month.
I needed a permanent logbook. NemesisNet is where I keep experiments, postmortems, architecture notes, and playbooks that actually helped me. If it saves the next engineer a few evenings of guesswork, it earned its keep.
What You’ll Find Here
- Technical deep dives — how I layer services, secure multi-tenant setups, and stress-test deployments.
- Personal reflections — context from running everything solo, including the trade-offs I regret.
- Productivity & mindset — how I schedule maintenance windows, avoid burnout, and keep focus.
- Tools & tutorials — configs, scripts, and dashboards that have survived real production use.
Guiding Principles
- Radical transparency: I document the ugly parts — overages, outages, and retrofit hacks — not just the polished launches.
- Privacy-first defaults: Anything I publish should respect user data and be reproducible on local-first stacks.
- Hands-on evidence: No theoretical write-ups. If it’s here, I ran it in my environment and captured the output.
Why This Matters To You
If you run servers, ship products, or want proof that a single person can operate a full stack without losing their weekend, this blog is for you. Expect practical posts — not fluff — and honest breakdowns of what works and what absolutely does not.
What’s Next
- Regular posts (cadence experiments first, then a stable rhythm).
- Tutorials and project case studies with runnable repos.
- “What I use” breakdowns — stacks, scripts, retrofits, and guardrails.
- Stories: failures, wins, and the in-between moments that taught me more than success ever did.
How to Get Involved
Drop a comment, subscribe to the feed, or hit the Contact page. Tell me what you want to see first — a deep dive into the rack layout, Docker runtime configs, or a day-in-the-life of maintaining everything solo.
I’m also open to collaboration: got a tool you want battle-tested, or a thorny architecture question you need a second brain on? Reach out. The worst-case scenario is we both learn something.
— Nemesis
