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How do you deploy your side-projects?

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  1. Super easy Rails servers. Configure any server to run Ruby on Rails servers in minutes and without hassle.

    #Ruby On Rails #Ruby On Rails Deployment #DevOps Tools 20 social mentions

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    Vercel is the platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability innovators need to create at the moment of inspiration.
    Depends... here's some recommendations [1] https://dokku.com/ - Heroku but self-hosted, deceptively complex, can be a pain [2] https://vercel.com/ - Kind of a modern replacement, very easy, but can only really run TS/JS [3] https://cloud.google.com/run - A nice way to run any server in a Docker container, simple but probably not suitable for a front-end.

    #Developer Tools #Web Development Tools #App Deployment 522 social mentions

  3. Bringing serverless to containers
    Depends... here's some recommendations [1] https://dokku.com/ - Heroku but self-hosted, deceptively complex, can be a pain [2] https://vercel.com/ - Kind of a modern replacement, very easy, but can only really run TS/JS [3] https://cloud.google.com/run - A nice way to run any server in a Docker container, simple but probably not suitable for a front-end.

    #Cloud Computing #Cloud Hosting #Development 82 social mentions

  4. Control monitor brightness, adapt using the ambient light sensor, adjust volume, switch inputs and turn off displays without fiddling with clunky buttons.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $23.0 / One-off (Pro)
    I went through Heroku, then DigitalOcean, then GCP, AWS, Hetzner Cloud, and finally landed on a dedicated Hetzner server at €45/month <i>My use case is app websites (https://lunar.fyi, https://lowtechguys.com), public databases (https://db.lunar.fyi), personal APIs (for uploading files, optimizing images/videos, MQTT etc.) and websites for my relatives (https://robert.panaitiu.com)</i> I've had this configuration for 2 years now: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/ax41-nvme <pre><code> AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Hexa-Core "Matisse" (Zen2).

    #Mac #Utilities #Productivity 77 social mentions

  5. Build your own PaaS in a few minutes!
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    VPS with https://caprover.com and then docker (actually colima in macOS).

    #PaaS #Cloud Computing #Container Tools 104 social mentions

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