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Everything I did to go from an empty Hetzner account to a hardened server running Coolify — including the mistakes that cost me the most time, so you don't have to repeat them.
Nobody asked me to do this. I want that on the record before anyone assumes there was a memo. There wasn't. I looked at our stack, did some deeply ungentlemanly math on our monthly bill, and decided that if nobody else was going to fix it, I would — quietly, competently, and with slightly too much enthusiasm for firewall rules.
I've built websites for my brother, for friends, for clients — but never for myself. Not because I lacked the skill, but because I let perfect become the enemy of shipped. This is the story of how I finally stopped waiting for the "right" inspiration and just built the thing.