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+title: "Building bsimg.net: Project Log"
+date: 2026-09-18
+permalink: "/blog/building-bsimg-dot-net-project-log"
+author: Benjamin Sanders
+catagories: project, image host, portfolio
+#subtitle: "Blueorgia is real, y'all!"
+---
+![Image](https://pbs.bsimg.net/media/f5/1f/f51f2fe839?format=jpg&name=medium)
+<small>Image Credit: Pexels, panumas nikhomkhai</small>
+
+I need some projects to work on and write about here. So, this past week I got the idea to stand up a Debian 13 VM and try creating my own CDN of sorts to host images and other assets for this website.
+
+# Starting Point
+
+This idea was inspired by X/Twitter's `pbs.twing.com`, a dedicated image-serving subdomain separate from the main site, with on-the-fly size/format selection via query parameters (`?format=jpg&name=large`).
+
+While I don't currently have on-the-fly size/format selection yet. I do currently upload three different image sizes for an image which are thumb, medium, and large.
+
+I did rely heavily on Claude to "vibe code" this but my reason for wanting to write this article is to go over the project so I can cement what I did in my memory.
+
+# Standing Up The Server
+
+![Server info](https://pbs.bsimg.net/media/71/9e/719ed6ddaf?format=jpg&name=large)
+<small>Figure 1</small>
+
+I configured a Debian 13 server on a dedicated server I use for most services I host and a spare IP address. The plan being to have the domain I recently bought for this project `bsimg.net` be the apex domain since it was available, surprisingly. Then I'd configure `pbs.bsimg.net` as a used in the images and `pbs.atl.bsimg.net` as a region-specific name for the box itself. I'm hoping to to later add more boxes in other regions so configuring this now future proofs for sure.
+
+# The Upload Workflow
+
+The workflow seems like it could be fairly easy when I'm working on an article or just this site in general.
+
+If I need to upload an image I just use the following command in my terminal on my Mac that uses a BASH script to upload a screenshot or image.
+
+`bash-upload Screenshot\ 2026-09-18\ at\ 06.48.44.png`
+
+That image file was the original name of Figure 1 and it hashed the name on upload. I'll probably put that script up on my [cgit](https://git.bensanders.net) instance later.
+
+# Next Steps
+
+Now that I have one node configured for this service. My plans are to copy the config files and try putting them on another node in another region.
+
+# Final Thoughts
+
+That'll will be it for this post but I do plan to write on this site more often as I work on projects. Hopefully somebody else finds my musings useful.
+
+<small>~Ben</small>
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