It works! (kinda) 

Installed and configured hostapd (a tool for creating a hotspot) 

Sounds simple but… 

After setting up an access point, my phone did not connect and was just saying “Obtaining IP address”. Turns out, I also needed to install a DHCP server (dnsmasq) so it assigns different IP addresses to devices on the network. 

But there’s no proxy right now, so…. more updates are to come