How this website is built and hosted

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This website is a small, concrete example. Here is how it is built and shipped.

The stack at a glance Link to heading

Hugo to generate a static site from Markdown files
hugo-coder as the theme, pulled in as a Git submodule
Forgejo, self-hosted, for the Git repository, the CI and the container registry
Docker to package the site as an image served by nginx
Kubernetes and Flux CD to deploy it, the GitOps way

No database, no CMS, no runtime to patch every week. Just HTML, CSS and a few images.

About

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Who am I? Link to heading

I’m Romain Bureau, an independent DevOps engineer based in southwestern France, with 20 years of experience. I help small and mid-sized organizations build infrastructure that is reliable, under their control and easy to evolve, without unnecessary complexity.

My approach Link to heading

Pragmatic: I pick the simplest tool that meets the need.
Transparent: everything I set up is documented, reproducible and belongs to you.
Built for autonomy: the goal is for your team to run the infrastructure without me.
Lean and secure: fewer components, a smaller attack surface, no surprise bills.

What I do Link to heading

Cloud infrastructure on AWS and Google Cloud: architecture, migration, cost optimization
Infrastructure as code and automation (Terraform, ansible, gitops (flux, argocd), CI/CD)
Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, managed Kubernetes)
Self-hosting and migration away from SaaS services
Centralized authentication (OIDC / SSO), VPN and remote access
Monitoring, backups

Background Link to heading

I have 20 years of experience in software and infrastructure. I started out as a backend developer, which gave me a solid understanding of how applications are built, deployed and run in production. I have worked full-time in DevOps since 2015, including at larger companies such as Contentsquare and MeilleursAgents.

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