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The Strategic Veteran

How I Actually Built It (The Stack, The Failure, and What Finally Worked)

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Adam Peters
May 26, 2026
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I want to start with the failure, because that’s where the real lesson is.

The First Attempt

About a month before I had anything working, I tried to build what I was calling the Nexus Stack. The idea was right: a self-hosted AI command center running on a dedicated server in Helsinki. I bought a Hetzner VPS -- serious hardware, serious specs, $64 a month.…

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