Tag: Self-hosting
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From Replit to Docker and Self-hosting: When Simple Becomes Complex
Remember that campaign management system I built to save a client over $300/month by ditching Airtable’s expensive client portal? Well, that story just got a sequel – and like most sequels, it involved way more complexity than I originally anticipated. What started as a simple request to “move it off Replit so we own it”…
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From Self-Hosted Chaos to CI/CD Zen: My DevOps Reality Check
You know that moment when you’re running a perfectly functional self-hosted stack, and you think “This could be better”? Yeah, that was me a few weeks ago. What started as a simple database migration turned into a full-blown DevOps adventure complete with firewall lockouts, authentication failures, and AWS deciding to have a bad day. Here’s…
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Custom AI Chat Hub: Self-Hosting & Automation
This blog details the creation of a custom AI chat platform integrating Open WebUI with n8n workflow automation, securely exposed via Cloudflare Tunnel. It covers motivations for building a personalized conversational interface over existing options, the choice of core components (Open WebUI for chat UI, n8n for automation, Cloudflare Tunnel for secure access), and the…