Intro

Ed Stuurman

Technical and program management professional with nearly a decade of experience in IT infrastructure, software support, and information security. Proven track record in leading complex projects, resolving critical escalations, and driving service excellence at global technology leaders. Skilled in technical leadership, customer advocacy, and representing organizations at industry events.

Passionate about IT infrastructure, modern technologies, and all things home-lab, I enjoy experimenting, learning, and continuously improving my technical skills. Outside of tech, you’ll often find me skiing, gardening or building LEGO creations with my child. I maintain this blog as a personal archive of projects, discoveries, and thoughts that might be worth sharing.

From the Photo Roll

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From the Blog

Where curiosity meets creativity.

2025-11-27

Umami: What I Learned While Eating a Big Serving of Humble Pie.

Umami isn’t just one of the basic flavors. it’s also the name of an open source website analytics suite. In Japanese, umami means “delicious savory taste.” Unfortunately, my experience was anything but: I ended up eating copious amounts of humble pie while exploring how cheaply I could self-host this software stack on AWS.

Ed Stuurman

2025-11-26

Running a Mail Server Is Cool. Until SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and blocklists remind you what it really costs.

Self-hosting gives you control, but also every responsibility and every failure point. Modern email is not simple anymore. it is an ecosystem you must constantly manage. And that’s why I choose to pay for a mail provider instead.

Ed Stuurman

2025-11-25

I Also Fell Down the Rabbit Hole: Building a Fully Automated Astro Blog Pipeline with VSCode, GitLab, Amplify and CloudFront.

Because every infrastructure engineer eventually builds yet another automated static site pipeline.

Ed Stuurman