Watterstech

WatterstechAlex Watters

whoami — 80×24
alex@watterstech:~$

cat about.txt

Still hands-on.

I’m Alex — I run a personal infrastructure stack under the Watterstech name. Day to day that means Docker on bare metal, reverse proxies, tunnels, media, game servers, and the messy networking that shows up after you move house and the ISP changes the rules.

I like systems that are boring when they work and obvious when they don’t. Small diffs. Root cause over band-aids. Document the ceiling when you cut a corner.

  • Docker / Compose
  • DNS & tunnels
  • Linux NAS
  • Networking
  • Self-hosting

ls ./homelab

Homelab portfolio

Production-adjacent gear in a house — not a datacenter. Selected pieces:

  • UGREEN NAS

    DXP4800+ on UGOS Pro — primary compute and storage for containers, media libraries, and backups.

  • Container fleet

    Plex, Gitea, Nginx Proxy Manager, Portainer, Watchtower, Cloudflare Tunnel, and more — compose-backed, restart-safe.

  • Edge & DNS

    Cloudflare for public DNS and tunnels; dynamic A records for services that need a raw IP path.

  • Remote access

    Self-hosted RustDesk (HBBS/HBBR) behind proper port forwards — fixed after a double-NAT fiber move.

  • Cross-play Minecraft

    Paper + Geyser/Floodgate so Java and Bedrock friends land on the same world.

  • Network cutover

    Quantum Fiber ONT bridge mode + Archer AX1800 as the real edge router so inbound ports actually work.

open resume.pdf

Resume

Experience, skills, and a printable PDF — kept next to the lab notes, not buried in a CMS.

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mail alex

Contact

Roles, homelab questions, or “why is my port forward lying to me” — email works.

alex@watterstech.net