Server admin

SSH keys → certificates for access

https://www.paepper.com/blog/posts/how-to-properly-manage-ssh-keys-for-server-access/

Provisioning bare metal

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cli/ansible-pull.html

Managing dotfiles

https://iamdan.me/better-dotfiles

Containerized apps

Orchestration with Docker Compose

https://hadijaveed.me/2024/09/08/does-your-startup-really-need-complex-cloud-infrastructure/#docker-compose-anywhere-a-weekend-project

https://github.com/Wowu/docker-rollout

GitOps on root servers

https://github.com/miekg/gitopper

Monitoring for solo founder

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26203074

Inexpensive backups to rsync.net using borg

https://magnusson.io/post/backups/

Hetzner

Config on boot

https://community.hetzner.com/tutorials/basic-cloud-config/