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Sizing, operations and the parts of hosting that are usually explained badly. Written by the people who run the platform, mostly because we got tired of answering the same question in tickets.
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Web hosting13 min read
SPF, DKIM and DMARC: why your mail lands in spam
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Databases12 min read
MongoDB connection string: URI, mongosh and drivers
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App hosting12 min read
PM2 vs a hosting panel: what a process manager is for
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VDS15 min read
systemd services for your apps: unit files and journalctl
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App hosting14 min read
WebSockets behind a reverse proxy: what breaks and why
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App hosting12 min read
Deploy a Node.js app from GitHub, and redeploy on push
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Operations12 min read
Backups that actually restore: what to keep, and where
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Security13 min read
Environment variables and secrets on an app server
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Sizing12 min read
CPU or RAM: which one is actually holding your server back
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