About Bugz — Self-Hosted Tech Site | BugzCloud.xyz

// The Short Version

I’ve been building PCs and messing with home servers for years. I got into self-hosting because I got annoyed paying for cloud services and wanted to actually understand how things work — not just click through wizards.

This site started as a way to document what I was building. It’s stayed that way. No brand deals, no SEO content farms, no expert posturing. Just real stuff I’ve actually done, with the actual results.

I live in Florida, which creates its own set of problems when you’re running hardware 24/7. Heat, humidity, dust — it’s all in the mix. A lot of what I write comes from figuring that out.

// The Setup

LocationMelbourne, FL
Gaming RigHigh-end AMD CPU & GPU
ServerRepurposed enterprise workstation
HypervisorProxmox VE
HostingOwn hardware, zero cloud fees
OS MixWindows + Linux
StorageAll-SSD gaming rig + multi-drive server
$0Monthly hosting
24/7Self-hosted
~95°FFL summers

// What I Write About

I write when I have something real to say — not on a schedule. Topics tend to land in:

homelab self-hosting pc builds proxmox cooling networking linux ai / local models hardware nextcloud florida heat ollama

No filler. No quota to hit. If it’s on the site it’s because I had something worth saying about it.

// How It Started

Early
Started building PCs out of necessity — couldn’t afford prebuilts, so learned to do it myself. Never stopped tinkering.
Homelab
Got tired of paying for cloud storage and services I barely used. Picked up a used server, installed Proxmox, and started self-hosting everything. Still going.
AI
Started running AI models locally — Stable Diffusion, Ollama, Open WebUI. If it can run on hardware in my living room, I want to try it.
2026
Built BugzCloud.xyz — self-hosted on my own hardware, behind a Cloudflare Tunnel, zero monthly fees. You’re reading it right now.

// Get In Touch

Best ways to reach me:

I read everything. Response time varies depending on what’s on fire in the server room.

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