Welcome World !
Hello, I am Michael Serra, aka feldenserra.
HomeCoreOS is a project that I've always had in mind. Progress and growth are cornerstones of my life, and I have always dreamed of a central system to track, manage, and push these aspects of my life. I know I am making this come to fruition.
The other reason for this is to apply my over 6 years of software to a modern, scalable, developer-driven architecture. Most of my day job centers around C# Azure-based enterprise solutions. While I enjoy this work, as a solo founder, it does become cumbersome to manage so many moving parts.
I knew that some degree of granular control is required to monitor user activity, keep developer baggage low, and ensure large-scale concurrency. This meant that my tech stack was the next most important decision to make.
I settled on the following platforms:
- Supabase: Offloaded generic CRUD/Auth to reduce boilerplate. More mission-critical aspects will be pulled out into a Rust-based service that will talk to Postgres directly, avoiding the HTTP latency.
- Hosting (for now) Vercel: Quick and easy CI/CD pipeline that integrates with GitHub; generous hobby tier, enough to take you through to launch.
- Frameworks:
- Next.js: SEO, routing, and community support—all huge benefits that make iterating and gathering inspiration much more accessible. React / TypeScript has dominated much of the modern web apps, and I personally see why; it is a nice experience, most of the time.
- Mantine: A component framework that piggybacks off Tailwind.
While I do expect to come back and "re-image" the UI/UX approach for the user, for now, infrastructure and scaled concurrency are my main concerns. If a different component framework is required to match the UX of the app down the road, this will be easily interchangeable.
My next goals will be to fully implement a "one-line" docker-compose that can spin up the entire app after you git clone.
After that, I'm going to be focused on Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and deep telemetry insights.
I hope to hear feedback from everyone; the best way to get in touch is either through my GitHub or Reddit page, where I also post insights, advice, and opinions around SaaS, software, and development as a whole.
— feldenserra