Building a High-Performance Local Server
It’s been a really long time since I built a custom PC. At least 15 years, maybe closer to 20. Inspired by DDH, the crazy high cost of renting high-performance compute in the cloud1 , and my success with running both an Orange Pi and Raspberry Pi I decided to go ahead and do a custom build to create a high-powered home server box that I could use to play with some higher-compute workloads and get to play with desktop ubuntu at the same time (I’ve only ever interacted with linux via the CLI). Additionally, I wanted to play with self-hosting a wider array of production-related supporting applications: Sentry Windmill Prometheus and other observability tools As a bonus, I’m hoping this will heat my tiny house/office structure in the winter…
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