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Why it worked

The video provides a transparent look into a developer's homelab setup, appealing to a niche audience interested in self-hosting and DevOps. The creator also subtly integrates their own SaaS product, Saasory.com, as a useful tool within their workflow, making the promotion feel organic and valuable.

Summary

The creator explains the technology stack used for their development, staging, and production environments, which all run on a self-managed virtual private server. They then introduce Saasory.com as a collection of small tools they use for building and operating SaaS applications.

Structure

1Explaining the tech stack for dev/staging
2Explaining the tech stack for production
3Listing the specific technologies used
4Introducing Saasory.com
5Describing Saasory.com's purpose
6Stating future plans for Saasory.com

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Dev + Staging in the homelab. Prod on VPS. Same stack, same controls. Saasory.com #homelab #selfhosted #devops #saas #founder

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SO A LOT BEEN ASKING WHAT EXACTLY RUNS ON MY SETUP HERE, RIGHT? DEVELOPMENT AND STAGING RUN ON MY PRODUCTION RUNS ON A HARDENED VIRTUAL PRIVATE SERVER THAT I MANAGE DIRECTLY. SO SAME STACK, SAME CONTROLS. UNDER THE HOOD IT'S PRETTY BORING. RAW KVM, KVM DEBIAN, NGINX, KVM DEBIAN NGINX DOCKER AND DOCKER DOCKER COMPOSE EVERYWHERE, POSTGRES, REDIS DJANGO, CELERY, S, AND REACT KVM DEBIAN NGINX DOCKER POSTGRES REDIS DJANGO NodeJS React WHEN IT MAKES SENSE. SAME EXACT STACK LOCALLY IN STAGING AND IN PRODUCTION. THAT'S INTENTIONAL. THIS IS SAASORY.COM. SAASORY.COM OF SMALL TOOLS I USE WHILE BUILDING AND OPERATING SAAS. I'M NOT DOING A BIG LAUNCH IT'S LIVE AND I'LL KEEP ADDING Saasory.com I BUILD. IT'S AT SAASORY.COM.

Transcript

So a lot been asking what exactly runs on my setup here, right? Development and staging run on my production runs on a hardened virtual private server that I manage directly. So same stack, same controls. Under the hood it's pretty boring. Raw KVM, KVM Debian, Nginx, KVM Debian Nginx Docker and Docker Docker compose everywhere, Postgres, Redis Django, Celery, S, and React KVM Debian Nginx Docker Postgres Redis Django NodeJS React when it makes sense. Same exact stack locally in staging and in production. That's intentional. This is Saasory.com. Saasory.com of small tools I use while building and operating SaaS. I'm not doing a big launch it's live and I'll keep adding Saasory.com I build. It's at Saasory.com.

Homelab tour for dev and stage environments #homelab #techfounder #selfhosted @v

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Never a dull moment in the homelab #homelab #selfhost