Alex Pipp // IT professional // self-hoster // writer

BETTERSYSTEMS.

I build, troubleshoot, document, and write about technical systems—from infrastructure and self-hosting to websites and SEO. Most of my work comes back to the same question: what actually makes sense here?

01 PrincipleReliability first
02 PrincipleSimplicity earns trust
03 PrinciplePerformance for the use case
04 PrincipleMeaningful control
05 PrincipleCost has to make sense
01 // About

Technology is my work, my hobby, and occasionally the reason I lose an entire weekend.

I work in enterprise IT and spend a lot of my own time building, testing, documenting, and improving systems. That includes homelab infrastructure, self-hosted services, networking, websites, and the occasional problem that becomes a much deeper rabbit hole than expected.

This site is where I document what I’m working on, explain what I’ve learned, and share the decisions behind it. Useful first, polished enough to come back to later.

Alex PippHello!
BasedMKE, USA
CertificationsSecurity+, Network+, A+, MS-102
FocusSelf-hosting, web/SEO, networking, documentation
02 // Featured writing

Problems solved. Systems improved. Notes kept.

Browse through the documentation and case studies. There’s always something new to learn.

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03 // Contact

HAVE SOMETHING YOU’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT?

Questions, technical problems, project ideas, or just something that could use another set of eyes. The contact page goes directly to me.

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