About
Who I am
I'm Fabio - a Linux Platform Engineer and Privacy Advocate with roots in science communication. I spent fifteen years as a science journalist and radio/podcast producer before moving permanently into infrastructure. That background still shapes how I document things, explain systems, and think about complexity.
I live in Gourock, on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, since 2013.
What I do
Linux Platform Engineer, managing hybrid infrastructure that spans legacy systems and modern stacks alike.
My focus areas:
- Linux infrastructure (bare metal, VMs, containers)
- Configuration management - Salt Stack, Foreman/Katello
- Security hardening, SSL/TLS lifecycle, Apache/ModSecurity
- Monitoring - LibreNMS, Prometheus stack
- Privacy infrastructure - self-hosted services, Tor relay operation
Homelab
A self-hosted stack built around privacy-first principles and the conviction that you should own your data and services.
| Layer | Services |
|---|---|
| Virtualisation | Proxmox VE (LXC containers), FreeBSD NAS (ZFS) |
| Media | Jellyfin, Navidrome |
| Storage & Sync | Nextcloud (Raspberry Pi 4) |
| Web & Search | Invidious, SearXNG |
| Dev & Ops | Gitea, Actual Budget, RustDesk |
| Networking | Nginx Proxy Manager, Pi-hole |
| Monitoring | LibreNMS, Heimdall |
| Privacy | Tor middle relay, Monero full node |
Background
- 🇮 Born in Italy, living in Scotland since 2013
- 📻 15 years in science journalism and radio/podcast production
- 📖 Published science fiction and open source history
- 🧅 Tor middle relay operator
- 🌱 SolarPunk values - decentralization over convenience, privacy by default
- 🎵 Music obsessive - prog metal, folk metal, jazz
- 🧩 Twisty puzzle collector (20+ puzzles, daily driver: MoYu 3x3x3)
Contact
Email (encrypted): jolek78@jolek78.dev · PGP key