AS219115 online · dual-stackHi, I'm Frankie Try.
I build the network
underneath things.
I design and operate the infrastructure other people build on top of: routing, servers and the systems that keep them online. Founder of Tropical Hosting, operating an own Autonomous System with native IPv6 across every server I run.
Below the application layer
I'm a systems administrator and developer specialising in networking, cloud infrastructure and hosting platforms. I enjoy designing reliable, scalable systems and automating the boring parts of running them.
I founded Tropical Hosting, where I build and manage hosting infrastructure end to end, including networking, virtualisation and the backend services that sit behind it. That means everything from BGP sessions and IP allocation to the dashboards customers actually click on.
I enjoy solving difficult networking problems and building platforms that are reliable, fast and simple to use. Most of what I do sits below the surface, and I like it that way.
- name
- Frankie Try
- role
- Founder & CEO, Tropical Hosting
- location
- London, United Kingdom
- pronouns
- He/Him
- origin-as
- AS219115
- status
- available for collaboration
What I've built and run
Founder & CEO
Tropical Hosting
2022 to Present
London, UK
- Designed and built hosting infrastructure from scratch, from rack to routing table
- Operate an own Autonomous System, AS219115, with native IPv4 and IPv6 transit
- Manage BGP sessions and route policy across multiple upstream and peering relationships
- Deploy and maintain fleets of Linux servers for VPS, game and web hosting
- Designed VPS infrastructure on KVM/QEMU with automated provisioning
- Built TunnelTHAT, a reverse tunnelling platform for exposing services without complex configuration
- Built payment processing, customer support tooling and internal automation systems
- Run monitoring and alerting across the full stack: network, host and application
The layer I actually care about
Everything from route policy to packet forwarding, running under AS219115.
Tools I reach for
Programming
Backend
Infrastructure
Networking
Cloud
Things I've shipped
Platforms and tools built to solve problems I ran into running Tropical Hosting.
Tropical Hosting
A modern hosting provider offering VPS hosting, game servers, websites and networking solutions, built on infrastructure I designed and operate myself.
TunnelTHAT
A lightweight reverse tunnelling platform allowing secure TCP and HTTP tunnels without complicated configuration. Point an agent at it and get a public endpoint.
- CLI
- Agent
- Reverse proxy
- Dashboard
- Authentication
- Python backend
IPSquirrel
A public IP lookup service displaying IP information, ASN, ISP and geolocation in a clean, fast interface.
QuadMegle
A real-time social platform built to connect people online in a simple, accessible interface.
RealSpeedTest
A no-nonsense internet speed test measuring ping, download and upload performance with multi-connection testing.
Where the time has gone
How this all happened
Started building
Began developing services and building Tropical Hosting.
Moved into networking
Started building and operating network infrastructure.
Obtained own ASN
AS219115 registered with RIPE.
Let's talk infrastructure
Open to conversations about networking, hosting and anything running at the edge of a routing table.