These principles guide every decision about what Technis runs and how.

What Technis Values

Autonomy

Replace subscription services that keep getting worse with services I control.

Privacy

Viewing activity stays private. Public pages show service impact, never who watched what.

Dependability

Dependable services come before experiments. New services wait until they have monitoring, backups, and a recovery plan.

Learning

Technis is also a place to practice infrastructure engineering and product design.

How Technis Operates

  • Honest Status. The status page reports real incidents and maintenance.
  • No Untested Promises. Recovery isn’t described as working until it’s been tested.
  • Small, Reviewed Changes. Configuration lives in version control, and risky changes need approval.
  • Free Tiers First. Technis uses existing hardware and free-tier cloud services. Any new cost needs a deliberate decision.