Hello, world
I'm Emilien
I build infrastructure by day, self-host everything by night.
Projects
Things I've built
// Things I've built
Homelab Infrastructure
A self-hosted infrastructure stack running on Proxmox, with Docker Compose, Traefik reverse proxy, Authentik SSO, and 15+ services including Nextcloud, Paperless, Forgejo, and n8n.
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Automated Disaster Recovery Testing
A fully automated monthly disaster recovery test that spins up a bare metal cloud server, installs Proxmox, restores my entire homelab from S3 backups, validates every service, and tears itself down. All orchestrated by n8n.
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Blog
What I've been writing about
// What I've been writing about
Hardening My Homelab: From 57 to 75 and What I Learned Along the Way
A practical deep-dive into securing a self-hosted homelab: vulnerability scanning, host hardening, CrowdSec, and replacing legacy containers with something better.
Building a Self-Healing Homelab with n8n
How I used n8n to turn my homelab from something I had to babysit into something that monitors itself, fixes itself, and tells me when it can't.
Building emeffe.com: From 'This Needs Updating' to Live in Production
How I rebuilt my personal website from scratch using Astro, Tailwind, and a lot of browser tabs... and what I learned along the way.
