Alex

“Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again.”

Alex has been active in the self-hosting space for well over a decade. He co-founded Linuxserver.io, co-hosted the Self-Hosted podcast, spent 6 years at Red Hat and, today, works for Tailscale as Head of Developer Relations.

Originally he trained as classical musician but fell into a part time job at the Apple Store in 2009, and thus began a career in tech. He’s worked in DevOps and runs as much as he possibly can in containers. Docker is life.

A fan of Douglas Adams, Mike Judge, and many other satirical writers like them, he’s a bit silly, a bit serious, and his dry sense of humour sometimes gets him into trouble.

He’s a staunch believer in digital sovreignty, empowering anyone and everyone through the use of free and open source technologies, and is at his happiest when sharing his excitement about these types of projects with others.