A new era has begun | Changing Who2Industries while keeping the core
Who2Industries WAS a company offering IT services to individuals and small businesses. This is changing now. Read how we are changing into something even better while keeping our core principals more alive than ever.
Hey there!
Luca here from Who2Industries.
If you've been around for a while, you might remember how we started: an IT services shop running on a self-hosted Bagisto instance. We offered installation, configuration and support for open-source software to individuals and small businesses.
That chapter is closed now.
What we were doing
The old model was simple: you paid us, we set things up for you. Nothing wrong with that — plenty of companies do exactly this. But somewhere along the way I asked myself a question I couldn't shake: if my whole point is spreading FOSS and privacy, why am I gatekeeping the knowledge behind an invoice?
What changes
Over the last months we've been rethinking what Who2Industries should be. The answer surprised me, because it's smaller, not bigger: instead of selling you managed services, we'll teach you how to run this stuff yourself.
The services are gone. The knowledge is staying — and it's free.
Why free?
Because that's the point. Free and open-source software gives you ownership over your digital life, and I believe you shouldn't have to buy that ownership back from someone else. Teaching self-hosting behind a paywall felt like teaching someone to swim but charging them for water.
I've been self-hosting for years — everything from git servers like Forgejo, ticket systems, password managers, media stacks, monitoring with Grafana, all the way down to reverse proxies and DNS plumbing. That's a lot of real-world experience with real-world failure modes, and I want to write it all down so you can skip the parts where I spent a Saturday night cursing at container path mappings.
What you can expect
Expect posts on things like:
- Getting started with self-hosting: choosing your first server, Docker vs. Podman, and why quadlets might become your favorite thing
- Practical automation with Ansible (yes, I'm the guy who automates his homelab — it's a lifestyle, not a choice)
- Running your own infrastructure: git hosting, ticketing, media servers, monitoring, backups
- Protecting your privacy, both online and offline
- Occasional DIY hardware projects, because software alone gets lonely
What about the videos?
Some of you know us from Odysee. I won't rule out videos someday, but honestly? I never enjoyed producing them. Text is where I feel at home, and one perk of running your own company is deciding how you deliver information. So for now, it's the written word.
The road ahead
Everything I learned building Who2Industries — the stacks, the scripts, the scars — gets published here. Take it, fork it, break it, make it yours. That's how this is supposed to work.
Let's enjoy this journey together.
Stay private. Stay root.
— Luca