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title: "NotJustAnna (@notjustanna) | Hashnode"
description: "I build software for a living and infrastructure for fun, which means I have strong opinions about dependency graphs and a homelab that is one `terraform app..."
url: "https://hashnode.com/@notjustanna"
---

@notjustanna

# NotJustAnna

@notjustanna · São José dos Campos, Brazil · Joined April 2026

[Website](https://notjustanna.net/)

### [Astro is Great, Actually](https://notjustanna.hashnode.dev/astro-is-great-actually?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I added a blog to my portfolio site. Astro got out of the way entirely. That's rarer than it sounds.

5 min read · [notjustanna.hashnode.dev](https://notjustanna.hashnode.dev/astro-is-great-actually?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Apr 7](https://hashnode.com/posts/astro-is-great-actually/69d4ffdc15135c964138810c)

### [Design Constraints as Art: Maximizing Your AWS Free Tier](https://notjustanna.hashnode.dev/design-constraints-as-art-maximizing-your-aws-free-tier?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

AWS has a free tier. It is weirder, more generous, and more dangerous than you think. Years of building Lambda backends taught me how to make it sing.

17 min read · [notjustanna.hashnode.dev](https://notjustanna.hashnode.dev/design-constraints-as-art-maximizing-your-aws-free-tier?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Apr 2](https://hashnode.com/posts/design-constraints-as-art-maximizing-your-aws-free-tier/69d0672be466e2b762cb90f4)

### [Infisical is Great, Actually](https://notjustanna.hashnode.dev/infisical-is-great-actually?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

After looking at SOPS, Parameter Store, Vault: Infisical might be the homelabber's best friend.

6 min read · [notjustanna.hashnode.dev](https://notjustanna.hashnode.dev/infisical-is-great-actually?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Mar 27](https://hashnode.com/posts/infisical-is-great-actually/69d0661ee466e2b762ca8906)

### [Self-Hosting Everything, Including the Single Point of Failure](https://notjustanna.hashnode.dev/self-hosting-everything-including-the-single-point-of-failure?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Homelabbing is genuinely fun. I want to say that upfront, before I tell you about the time I locked myself out of my own infrastructure for an afternoon. The premise is compelling: you have a VM, you

6 min read · [notjustanna.hashnode.dev](https://notjustanna.hashnode.dev/self-hosting-everything-including-the-single-point-of-failure?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Mar 27](https://hashnode.com/posts/self-hosting-everything-including-the-single-point-of-failure/69d0627ee466e2b762c69733)

### [I Run Nomad on my Gaming PC (It's Great)](https://notjustanna.hashnode.dev/i-run-nomad-on-my-gaming-pc-it-s-great?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

HashiCorp Nomad is designed for hundreds of nodes across multiple datacenters. I run it on my gaming PC. Cluster of one. It's great.

5 min read · [notjustanna.hashnode.dev](https://notjustanna.hashnode.dev/i-run-nomad-on-my-gaming-pc-it-s-great?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Mar 26](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-run-nomad-on-my-gaming-pc-it-s-great/69d0614de466e2b762c54430)