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Self-hosted Plausible Analytics on Kubernetes (with db operators and ArgoCD)

By Simon Frey Last updated: 2026-03-192026-03-23

I’ve been running Plausible for my website analytics for over four years. They do a great job as a managed service and I really like their team…but I have a Kubernetes cluster on Hetzner Cloud…

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Posted in DevOps, Homelab, Kubernetes (k8s)

This Website runs on an autoscaling, european, self-hosted Kubernetes cluster

By Simon Frey Last updated: 2026-03-072026-03-09

My personal website, simon-frey.com, now runs on a self-managed Kubernetes cluster on Hetzner Cloud. This is, by any reasonable measure, complete overkill for a personal website that gets a few hundred visitors a day. But…

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Posted in DevOps, Homelab, Kubernetes (k8s), SRE

Discussion Solved: Cloud vs. On-Prem

By Simon Frey Last updated: 2026-02-082026-02-13

There is this decade old discussion: Cloud vs. On-Prem which is better? This article solves this debate and gives you guidelines on what to do for your business. Infrastructure exists on a spectrum of trade-offs,…

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Posted in DevOps, SRE

How to use Azure OpenAI GDPR Compliant?

By Simon Frey Last updated: 2025-04-142026-03-10

Using cloud services like Microsoft Azure often raises questions about data protection, especially when it comes to processing sensitive data within the EU. Here’s an important detail you should be aware of: Even if you…

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Posted in AI, DevOps

How to install golang (go) >1.21 in Ubuntu with Snap

By Simon Frey Last updated: 2023-11-232024-03-22

Install golang in a somewhat recent version in Ubuntu is quite annoying. Here a on-line command which will do the trick for you. (Replace 1.21 with whatever version of go you want to install) What…

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