Stefano Marinelli
it-notes.dragas.net · Personal blog · on HN since 2022
Stefano Marinelli writes about running self-hosted services on FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD, covering VPS setups, CDNs, and server migrations.
What HN saysCommenters call it one of the most active and popular FreeBSD sources and call his posts good reads, and they link his FediMeteo and CDN articles.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 20254 people · 25 points · first shared 2025 · 5 comments on HN
- 2FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service3 people · 41 points · first shared 2025 · 7 comments on HN
- 3Building a Self-Hosted CDN for BSD Cafe Media3 people · 5 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 4A server that wasn't meant to exist2 people · 411 points · first shared 2025 · 146 comments on HN
- 5Static Web Hosting on the Intel N1502 people · 196 points · first shared 2025 · 76 comments on HN
- 6Make Your Own CDN with NetBSD2 people · 73 points · first shared 2024 · 33 comments on HN
- 7Why I (Still) Love Linux ?2 people · 57 points · first shared 2025 · 91 comments on HN
- 8From Cloud Chaos to FreeBSD Efficiency2 people · 38 points · first shared 2024 · 7 comments on HN
- 9The Illumos Cafe: Another Cozy Corner for OS Diversity2 people · 24 points · first shared 2025 · 7 comments on HN
- 10BSSG – My journey from dynamic CMS to bash static site generator2 people · 22 points · first shared 2025 · 4 comments on HN
- 11That Old NetBSD Server, Running Since 20102 people · 20 points · first shared 2023 · 5 comments on HN
- 12Make your own VPN – FreeBSD, WireGuard, IPv6 and ad-blocking included – IT Notes2 people · 8 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 13Installing Mastodon inside a FreeBSD jail2 people · 7 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
- 14How to Create a FreeBSD Jail Hosting XRDP and XFCE for Remote Desktop Access2 people · 6 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 15Proxmox vs. FreeBSD: Which Virtualization Host Performs Better?2 people · 6 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
zimpenfish · 2025-12-08
I was going to say "the FediMeteo people probably have some good ideas there because it's what they do" except it's already right there in the acknowledgements (Stefano Marinelli => FediMeteo).
A good read - https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vp…
vanschelven · 2025-04-18
also in recent news: https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/12/28/i-almost-died-for-a-full-sentry…
sunshine-o · 2025-03-31
> Are there any fun lab projects, posts, educational series targeted at FreeBSD?
Klara Systems [0], Vermaden [1] and IT Notes [2] seems to be the most active and popular.
- [0] https://klarasystems.com/articles/
- [1] https://vermaden.wordpress.com/posts/
- [2] https://it-notes.dragas.net/categories/freebsd/
benterix · 2024-09-04
As it is, the article is a bit confusing because it's the third one in the series just focusing on NetBSD. The original one[0] offers a better context, especially this bit:
> The idea is to create reverse proxies with local caching. These proxies would cache the content on the first request and serve it directly afterward. The proxies would be distributed across different regions, and the DNS would route requests to the nearest proxy based on the caller’s location. All this is achieved without relying on external CDNs, using self-managed tools instead.
[0] https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/08/26/building-a-self-hosted-cdn-for-…
turtleyacht · 2023-09-26
OpenBSD version from five months ago by the same author:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2023/04/03/make-your-own-vpn-wireguard-ipv…