Knowledge Repository - Self-Hosted Developer Platform

Overview

A self-hosted platform for developer notes, algorithm references, and technical writing - running continuously since 2021 on bare-metal Linux. The site covers a broad range of technical topics and serves as both a personal reference and a public resource.

Topics Covered

• Software Engineering: DSA, System Design, Databases, Networking, OS internals
• Programming Languages: Python, Go, PySpark, C/C++, Lua
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (Glue, Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB), Databricks, Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Developer Tooling: Git, tmux, Vim, Unix tools, Dev setup
• Systems: FreeBSD, Linux, MacOS, Server management
• AI & ML: LLMs, agent workflows, RAG pipelines
• Books: Technical reading notes (Pragmatic Programmer, DDIA, DDD, and more)

Infrastructure

• Bare-metal Linux server with manual provisioning and hardening
• Nginx for reverse proxying and TLS termination; Cloudflare for DNS, CDN, and DDoS protection
• All services containerized with Docker, managed via Portainer
• Full observability: Grafana dashboards, Loki for centralized log aggregation, Uptime Kuma for real-time health monitoring
• Static site generation via MkDocs - reproducible build and deploy pipeline