cloud engineering / homelab / service operations
Building systems
that hold up.
I'm Zac Hull. By day, I'm an RTLS Analyst for a hospital enterprise. By night, I build and document practical systems at home and in AWS, working across networking, virtualization, secure access, cloud infrastructure, and service operations.
Right now, that means refining a segmented homelab, migrating this site to a leaner AWS edge architecture, and turning hard-won lessons from rebuilds, recovery, and remote access into clearer, more repeatable workflows.
evidence first
Projects with enough detail to show the work.
All projectszachull.com Static Cloud Migration
Replacing a Lightsail WordPress site with a static Astro portfolio served from S3, CloudFront, Route 53, and ACM.
AWS-Assisted WireGuard Remote Access
Using an AWS-hosted WireGuard relay to securely reach my home network despite CGNAT constraints.
docker01 Collapse and Rebuild
Rebuilding a failed Docker host into a more segmented, documented, and resilient homelab service architecture.
now building
From working services to deliberate systems.
- Completing the static AWS hosting path for zachull.com, then extending it with GitHub Actions deployment automation and future Terraform management.
- Designing a self-hosted identity management stack for passwords, passkeys, SSH keys, and stronger separation of trust across the homelab.
- Planning a cloud database project that turns stored data into a small, useful service rather than a database deployed only for practice.
- Building a professional zachull.com email path with domain authentication, including DKIM and DMARC, so the domain is credible beyond the website itself.
Cloud Architecture
AWS hosting patterns, edge delivery, DNS, certificates, compute choices, and cost-aware service design.
Identity & Trust
Authentication, secrets handling, key management, domain verification, and safer access boundaries across systems.
Data & Integration
Cloud databases, structured project data, API-backed services, and the connections between applications and storage.
Automation & Operations
CI/CD, infrastructure as code, repeatable workflows, monitoring, and systems that are easier to maintain over time.
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