Under The Hood
The engineering behind this website.
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Curl Compatible
You don't have to leave the terminal to view my site now XD
Built from Scratch
No Jekyll, no Hugo. I made a custom SSG named called Not-An-SSG (amazing naming skills, I'm aware)
View Source Code →Custom SSG
Why use someone else's generator when you can build exactly what you need?
It converts Markdown files to HTML with syntax highlighting and custom styling, giving me complete control over the build process.
Raspberry Pi Powered
This entire website runs on a Raspberry Pi 3 sitting in my room.
One of the main objectives was to be as frugal as possible. No VMs, no cloud providers. Just raw hardware and lots of tinkering and poking around.
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep Model
Model : Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ uptime
21:30:00 up 420 days, 13:37, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.03, 0.01
Secure Tunnel (No Public IP)
No Port Forwarding
Cloudflare Tunnels used to expose my Raspberry Pi to the internet.
No opening ports on my router. No messing with CGNAT. Cheap, secure, fast, and comes with the peace of mind Cloudflare offers.
Global CDN
Images are served from a Cloudflare R2 bucket using their global CDN.
While the Pi handles dynamic content, heavy static assets are offloaded. Not-An-SSG automatically uploads new assets to R2 during the build process.
POST /webhook/deploy HTTP/1.1
Host: mebin.in
X-GitHub-Event: push
✓ Signature Verified
➜ Pulling latest changes...
➜ Running build script...
➜ Restarting service...
✓ Deployment Successful (2.4s)
Automated CI/CD
Built using simple webhooks. No complex pipelines.
Write a blog post, push to main, and it's live within seconds. The Pi listens for webhook notifications, pulls changes, rebuilds, and restarts automatically.
SSH in Browser
Access my Raspberry Pi via SSH directly from any web browser.
I could SSH into my PI from a smart fridge (I hope I don't see this day), but it is handy when I don't have my laptop and need to check on the server remotely from a mobile device.
Connected to raspberrypi