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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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Security13 min read
The firewall rules that actually matter, and the ones that do not
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Databases14 min read
Redis: when you need it, and how to run it yourself
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Databases14 min read
MongoDB schema design and indexes that earn their keep
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Minecraft15 min read
LuckPerms on a Minecraft server: groups, nodes and contexts
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Operations13 min read
Moving a game server without losing your players
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Sizing11 min read
What NVMe storage actually changes, and what it does not
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App hosting12 min read
Deploy Django to production: settings, static files, gunicorn
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Databases15 min read
phpMyAdmin import and export: limits, charsets and fixes
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Web hosting14 min read
WooCommerce hosting requirements: sizing a real shop
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Operations11 min read
Restart schedules that help, and ones that just interrupt
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