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Why and how I migrated my personal projects to a self-hosted Coolify instance, setting up multi-stage Docker builds, automated SSL via Traefik, and Git push-to-deploy.
Howdy, fellow!
I'm Ozgur GurcanIzmir, TR
- I am Software Engineer
- I love backend development.
- I am A learner, builder, and freedom seeker.
- I Live in Izmir, Turkiye..
- I work mostly with Node.js/Java.
- My first programming language I learned was Visual Basic..
- I love rock music.
- I love playing chess .
- I love playing video game , Dota2 is my favorite one.
- I'm Fulden's husband.
I work mostly on the backend side of things and have been involved in private projects that aren't easily shown to others. That's why I decided to start this blog. It's a way to prove and share what I know and have experienced.
I also jot down notes for myself about programming and other things. I want to share these notes because I believe that sharing helps me learn and grow.
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Ozgur Gurcan
Learner | Software Engineer
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