Hector Herrera

Hector Herrera · Digital strategist and systems builder

Uses

The stack I run, and how this site is built.

This site

  • Plain PHP 8.2 front controller. No framework, no build step.
  • Writing stored as Markdown files, rendered on the server and cached.
  • Type: Bricolage Grotesque, Geist and Geist Mono, self-hosted and subset.
  • No analytics trackers, no third-party scripts, no cookies on public pages.
  • Strict Content Security Policy and HTTPS everywhere.

Server

  • Linux VPS, administered by me.
  • nginx and PHP-FPM, one isolated pool per site.
  • Let’s Encrypt certificates with automatic renewal.
  • Self-hosted mail with SPF, DKIM and DMARC.
  • A hosting control panel I built for accounts, DNS, SSL and scheduled jobs.

AI & development

  • Claude Code over SSH for AI-assisted development and operations.
  • Scheduled agents with daily health reports and a human review queue.