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Why does MarkoFiume.com exist?
All's since i was 7 and looked at a computer and said "damn thats cool" and started taking on the passion for computers and IT.
Flashforward to when im 14 years old, in July of 2025 i bought with my own monthly €50 a small web domain, alscade.net.
I stole my dad's old crusty laptop with barely 3GB of RAM installed. Swapped out the hard drive for an SSD i gained a massive speed boost. I installed Debian Linux and kept it as raw as possible to stay comfier in the small room that 3GB has to offer. Installed an AMP stack (3 pieces of software—Apache, MariaDB, PHP—used to build all kinds of web servers), used Cloudflare Tunnels to make the whole thing work, and all is jolly.
From that moment on i was working day and night on my site, writing all layouts and contents by hand, with no framework!
The modern version of this site (this one) was finished on February 27th 2026 and i use it to stuff whatever i want in it lol.
On March 3rd 2026 we reached a milestone as this site's server finally got a fully public IP address! I ditched Cloudflare that i was using in the past and i'm now relying on NAT port forwarding and basic Linux cybersecurity rules to make everything run well.
Flashforward to when im 14 years old, in July of 2025 i bought with my own monthly €50 a small web domain, alscade.net.
I stole my dad's old crusty laptop with barely 3GB of RAM installed. Swapped out the hard drive for an SSD i gained a massive speed boost. I installed Debian Linux and kept it as raw as possible to stay comfier in the small room that 3GB has to offer. Installed an AMP stack (3 pieces of software—Apache, MariaDB, PHP—used to build all kinds of web servers), used Cloudflare Tunnels to make the whole thing work, and all is jolly.
From that moment on i was working day and night on my site, writing all layouts and contents by hand, with no framework!
The modern version of this site (this one) was finished on February 27th 2026 and i use it to stuff whatever i want in it lol.
On March 3rd 2026 we reached a milestone as this site's server finally got a fully public IP address! I ditched Cloudflare that i was using in the past and i'm now relying on NAT port forwarding and basic Linux cybersecurity rules to make everything run well.
Technicals
Server hardware
The server is an old Acer TravelMate 5735Z from 2009 with 3 GB of RAM, an embedded 1366x768 display, and a 240 GB PNY SSD. The CPU is an Intel Pentium Dual-Core T4500 with a base clock speed of 2.3 GHz.
Server software and services
The server is running Debian 13 Trixie and gets updated twice every week. For the web services i am using an Apache+MariaDB+PHP stack which is exactly what i need lol (i'm using all 3 components of the server). The Telnet and SSH services are ran by the Synchronet BBS software stack, which implements an old school bulletin board system (basically social media before facebook lol). The sbbs executable is configured as a system daemon. The IRC server is UnrealIRCd also ran as a system daemon. The server is on a ZeroTier network which grants me access to the server's more vital components (eg. the system shell via SSH) in a private and encrypted fashion.
Network equipment
The server plugs directly to my home network via Wi-Fi (should not be a huge bottleneck). The home network is provided by italian carrier WindTre which provides my network with a public IP, which is crucial for the purposes of my setup. With NAT port forwarding i'm able to wire my server directly to the router and to the outside internet.
The server is an old Acer TravelMate 5735Z from 2009 with 3 GB of RAM, an embedded 1366x768 display, and a 240 GB PNY SSD. The CPU is an Intel Pentium Dual-Core T4500 with a base clock speed of 2.3 GHz.
Server software and services
The server is running Debian 13 Trixie and gets updated twice every week. For the web services i am using an Apache+MariaDB+PHP stack which is exactly what i need lol (i'm using all 3 components of the server). The Telnet and SSH services are ran by the Synchronet BBS software stack, which implements an old school bulletin board system (basically social media before facebook lol). The sbbs executable is configured as a system daemon. The IRC server is UnrealIRCd also ran as a system daemon. The server is on a ZeroTier network which grants me access to the server's more vital components (eg. the system shell via SSH) in a private and encrypted fashion.
Network equipment
The server plugs directly to my home network via Wi-Fi (should not be a huge bottleneck). The home network is provided by italian carrier WindTre which provides my network with a public IP, which is crucial for the purposes of my setup. With NAT port forwarding i'm able to wire my server directly to the router and to the outside internet.
Contacts
I'm available for contact by anyone who is interested!