Intro
I’m an infrastructure and reliability engineer based in Japan. Over the past decade, my work has centered on mission-critical environments where resilience isn't optional—scaling high-throughput mail delivery platforms, distributed observability, and enterprise server architectures.
This site is an extension of my homelab—a place where I document cloud infrastructure automation with Terraform, architectural notes, and deep-dive technical write-ups. I take a practical, hands-on approach: understanding how systems work under the hood, cutting through unnecessary complexity, and building setups that hold up under real production pressure.
I can be found with a camera sometimes Check out some pictures
Notes from the homelab: engineering deep-dives, infrastructure setups, and lessons learned along the way. View all articles
How two sneaky CI/CD traps—npm ci wiping build caches inside node_modules and fresh build mtimes fooling aws s3 sync—turned one-line edits into full 592-file multi-region deployments.
Reflections on a two-year hiatus, rebuilding mental bandwidth, and stepping back into production infrastructure.
How linking career milestones, homelab notes, and photography through simple tags sets up cleaner CV generation—and what pair-programming with AI as an amateur actually feels like.
Quick notes, homelab updates, and micro-discoveries from everyday tinkering. Browse the full log stream
Added - Build-Time Static Pagination for Blog, Log & Photography: - Built a reusable static pagination system (PaginationControls.astro, pagination.ts)…
At this point, I have customized and reworked the site's Tailwind CSS components and Astro templates far enough beyond their starting point that they have…
Added - Instagram Social Integration: - Added Instagram profile link (https://www.instagram.com/edstuurman/) with official brand glyph and hover styling to the…
