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tay.märz: IT help, websites, apps and servers from Göttingen

Nine lives for your tech.

Curious by nature. Thorough by design.

I’m Tay, and I look after the tech of private clients and small businesses. From the printer that won’t print to your own server with everything around it.

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the year I started tinkering and coding
2018
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  • Printer prints again
  • Wi-Fi all the way to the garden
  • Website without a cookie banner
  • Backup that actually restores
  • Proxmox host set up
  • Email moved, nothing lost
  • Table booking built
  • Passwords sorted out
  • Docker stack maintained
  • Laptop set up for the parents
  • Back office installed as an app
  • Server monitoring switched on

Nine lives

Agencies build websites, PC services fix computers. I do both and run the servers behind them, so I know how it all fits together.

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  • IT help

    1. 01

      Devices & printers

      Computers, laptops, phones and printers set up, fixed and tidied up.

    2. 02

      Network & Wi-Fi

      Wi-Fi that reaches every room. Routers, repeaters and office networks, configured properly.

    3. 03

      Email & accounts

      Mailboxes, calendars, office accounts, passwords and access sorted and secured.

    Details: IT help

  • Websites & apps

    1. 04

      Websites

      For shops, pubs and clubs. Concept, design, copy, domain and email.

    2. 05

      Apps

      Web apps that install on a phone like a regular app, without going through an app store.

    3. 06

      Ecosystems

      Website, bookings and a back office for the team in one system instead of five subscriptions.

    Websites from €300

    Details: Websites & apps

  • Servers & infrastructure

    1. 07

      Servers & hosting

      The machine your website, email or files live on. In your office or rented.

    2. 08

      Backups & security

      Backups I restore on a schedule to make sure they work. Plus updates and who may access what.

    3. 09

      Care & monitoring

      Monitoring tells me when something goes down. Whatever I change, I write down.

    Details: Servers & infrastructure
Tay März

You are building something of your own. I know what that takes.

A bar, a shop, a club, a project of your own: when you build something like that, you have no time for tech that gets in the way. I am building something of my own too, so I know what matters. And your own website does not have to cost a fortune: websites start at €300.

  • I make time.Need me to come by tomorrow? Sure thing.
  • I capture the vibe.I built the Déjà Vu and Zak websites right there on site, in the middle of service. And at Zak I help the staff get used to the new system.
  • I am reachable.Something breaks at 9 pm? Get in touch and I deal with it right away.
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Work

Websites, systems and servers I built and still look after.

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Also involved with EasySystems (opens in a new tab) (Discord bots on 22,000+ servers), Jugendparlament Einbeck (opens in a new tab) (website and online election, 2021)

Tay is an engaged and motivated staff member of EasySystems. Their passion and experience is a really important part for the entire project. I can only recommend Tay for any collaboration, their experience and personality is a great addition for every team.

NiklasCEO, EasySystems

My own apps

What I build for myself I often put out for everyone else too. Free and without tracking.

From the blog

What I build, break and fix again, mistakes included. Posts are in German.

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Questions

Are you really just one person?

Yes. You always deal with me, from the first chat to the update two years later. And I am reachable: if you call at 9 pm because something is broken, I deal with it right away. If you need me to come by the next day, I come.

What does it cost?

Websites start at €300. Beyond that every project is different, so there is no price list: the first conversation is free, on a call or in person. For websites and apps I often bring a first draft, and we settle the price right then.

Do you help private clients too?

Yes. A new computer, Wi-Fi in every room, backing up photos or setting up a device for your parents: I come by or help remotely.

Do you come by, or is it done remotely?

Both. In and around Göttingen I come by. A lot is quicker remotely: you see everything I do on your own screen and can end the connection yourself at any time. One tip: real IT help never calls you out of the blue. If someone claims to be from Microsoft, just hang up.

What happens if you are unavailable?

I write down what I set up and build on common, open technology. Access, code and data belong to you, so someone else could take over in an emergency without starting from scratch.

Isn’t that too small a job for you?

No. A printer that won’t print holds up your day just like a server that goes down. I’m happy to do both.

Why self-hosted?

Because your customers’ data stays with you, and you do not pay every month for five services that together do the same job.

Do you take over existing websites and servers?

Yes. I look at what is there and then tell you honestly whether it is worth maintaining or whether a rebuild makes more sense.

Let me take a closer look.

Send me a short note about what you need. I get back to you fast, often the same day, and the first conversation is free.

Tay März
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