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Vercel vs Self-Hosting in 2026: Real Costs Compared
Vercel is cheapest for one small app. With several apps, steady traffic or long-running jobs, a $10–40 VPS running Coolify, Dokploy or Kamal usually costs less. Every week I talk to founders and agencies who are surprised by a hosting bill. The app did not change much, but traffic grew, the team
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MinIO Is Archived: Self-Hosted S3 Alternatives in 2026
MinIO's open-source repo is archived. For self-hosted S3 in 2026, use RustFS as a drop-in, SeaweedFS for proven scale, or Garage for small multi-site clusters. For years, MinIO was the answer to "how do I run S3 on my own server?" That is no longer true. Over 2025 the company removed most of the web
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GitHub Actions CI/CD to a VPS with Automatic Rollback
Safe GitHub Actions deploys to a VPS: run tests, SSH in with a deploy-only key, build a fresh release, health-check it and roll back automatically on failure. Most "deploy to VPS with GitHub Actions" tutorials stop at ssh server "git pull && npm run build && pm2 restart" . That works until the day
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Bash Scripting for DevOps: 8 Scripts I Use on Servers
Bash scripting for DevOps means small, strict scripts that automate deploys, checks and alerts. Start each with set -euo pipefail and lint it with shellcheck. When I first wrote about shell scripting here, I showed "Hello, World" and a loop that counts to five. That's how everyone learns, but it
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What Is DevOps? A Practical Guide for Small Teams
DevOps is how a team ships software often and safely: automated tests, one-click deploys, monitoring and fast rollback, owned by the people who build it. Most explanations of DevOps stop at "culture" and "collaboration". That's true, but it doesn't help a founder with one server and a deadline, or a
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