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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.