Ooctave Nkurunziza2h ago · 15 min readCheapest way to host a Node.js app in 2026 (real prices)You built a Node.js API or a small Express app and you want it online without paying $20 a month for something that serves a few hundred requests a day. This guide shows the cheapest way to host a Nod1octave.hashnode.dev
MMadhav Bhasin8h ago · 6 min readDocker for Backend Engineers Who Aren't DevOpsMost backend engineers learn Docker by copying a Dockerfile from the internet, running it locally, and moving on. That works until it doesn't — images that are 2GB when they should be 200MB, builds th2SSblog.madhav.dev
EEpicWing2h ago · 3 min readHow I isolate containers in a self hosted server panel: Docker networks, swap limits and per node quotasIm building EpicWing, an open source (MIT) self-hosted panel for running game servers, Discord bots, websites and other services in Docker containers. The backend is FastAPI, the frontend is Vue, and epicwing.hashnode.dev
VVivian Chiamaka Okose7h ago · 10 min readGitOps With ArgoCD and Jenkins: No Cluster Access for CI, and a Real RollbackJenkins Builds, Git Decides, ArgoCD Deploys: GitOps With a Real Rollback My Jenkins pipeline used to log into my server and deploy. This week I took that power away from it completely, and the deploy1Ovivianokose.hashnode.dev
SSai Pisey5h ago · 2 min readThe setting called refresh_interval that hung up on Docker every minuteIn early October someone opened an issue on Grafana Alloy. They ship container logs to Loki with loki.source.docker, through a docker-socket-proxy in front of the Docker socket. Every minute, every losaipisey.hashnode.dev
SSherdil Cloud9h ago · 5 min readYour Monolith Is Split. Here Are the 3 Ways Containerization Still Goes WrongTL;DR: "Split your monolith before you containerize" is well-trodden advice by now, and teams that follow it still run into trouble, just further down the line. Three pitfalls catch properly-decompose1Ssherdil-cloud.hashnode.dev
VVictor Okoroafor1d ago · 17 min readEncrypted Is Not Authenticated: What PostgreSQL sslmode Really ChecksYou've probably seen this line a hundred times and moved on: psql (18.6 (Debian 18.6-3)) SSL connection (protocol: TLSv1.3, cipher: TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, compression: off, ALPN: postgresql) Type "hevictorokoroafor.hashnode.dev
Ttechpotions22h ago · 8 min readDeploy Payload CMS: 3 Paths & Real BillsOriginally published at techpotions.com. Knowing how to deploy Payload CMS is the last mile that turns your headless CMS into a live application, and the hosting shape you pick directly dictates your techpotions.hashnode.dev
VVolyte1d ago · 5 min readHow to Install n8n on a VPS (Docker + Free HTTPS)n8n is a workflow automation tool, like Zapier or Make, that you can run on your own server. Self-hosting it means no limit on workflow executions: you pay for the server, not per run, and your API kevolyte.hashnode.dev
ZZyVOP1d ago · 21 min readYour Docker Image Is 1.2 GB. Here's How to Get It Under 100 MBYour CI spends a minute pulling a 1.2 GB image. Deploys wait on it. A fresh node has to download it before it can serve a single request. Most bloated images share the same handful of causes, and eachblog.zyvop.com
