Deployment
21 guides tagged “Deployment”.
- How to Deploy Your First App on AWS for Free Deploy a web app on AWS for $0: Free plan account, budget alert, S3 + CloudFront frontend, Lambda + DynamoDB backend, all inside always-free limits.
- How to Deploy Your First App on Azure for Free Deploy a web app on Azure for $0: the free account's $200 credit, Azure Functions, Static Web Apps, Cosmos DB, and always-free limits that keep it free.
- How to Deploy Your First App on Cloudflare for Free Deploy an app on Cloudflare for $0: Workers (100K req/day), Pages static hosting, D1 database, R2 storage — with zero egress fees and no credit card.
- How to Deploy Your First App on Google Cloud for Free Deploy a web app on Google Cloud for $0: Cloud Run with scale-to-zero, Firestore for data, and the always-free tier limits that keep the bill at zero.
- How to Deploy Your First App on Oracle Cloud for Free Deploy an app on Oracle Cloud for $0: Ampere A1 ARM VM (2 OCPU/12 GB), 200 GB block storage, Autonomous DB, and the idle-reclamation trap.
- Alibaba Cloud vs Tencent Cloud: The Asian Hyperscalers Compared The two clouds that dominate Asia are nearly invisible in Western coverage. Alibaba Cloud (#1 in China, ~33-39% share) vs Tencent Cloud (~10-15%). Real 2026 pricing, regions, real-name verification, and the ICP filing catch.
- Contabo Review: The Cheapest Cloud VPS on the Internet — Worth the Risk? Contabo sells 8 vCPU, 24GB RAM for ~€14/month — half of what Hetzner charges. But shared CPU, capped port speeds, and a polarizing support reputation. Full review with real 2026 pricing, risks, and who should use it.
- Ultra-Budget Cloud Providers Compared: Contabo, UpCloud, Kamatera, IONOS Hetzner and DigitalOcean are too expensive? The next tier down: Contabo (most hardware per dollar), UpCloud (zero-cost egress), Kamatera (build-your-own), IONOS ($2 promos). Real 2026 pricing, billing traps, and who each one is for.
- What Is ICP Filing (and Why Do China's Cloud Hosts Require It)? ICP Filing (ICP备案) is a mandatory government registration for any website or app hosted on mainland China servers. What it costs (nothing), how long it takes (~20 business days), and what happens if you skip it (your site gets blocked).
- Budget Cloud and PaaS Compared: Hetzner, DigitalOcean, Railway, Fly.io, Render, Vercel, Netlify Don't pay hyperscaler prices for a side project. Compare every budget VPS and PaaS: Hetzner (cheapest), Railway (easiest), Fly.io (global), Render (reliable), Vercel (Next.js), DigitalOcean (balanced), Netlify (static). Real August 2026 pricing, hidden costs, and when each one wins.
- How to Choose a Cloud Provider for Your AI-Generated App Your AI writes the app. The cloud runs it. Compare every major provider — Big 3, PaaS, and budget VPS — by cost, complexity, and use case. Decision guide for vibecoders deploying AI-generated apps.
- Deploying AI-Generated Apps to Production: A Vibecoder's Checklist Your AI wrote the app. Now here's every step between 'it works on my machine' and 'it's running in production.' Deployment, monitoring, secrets, databases, and the checklist your AI didn't include.
- DevOps for AI Builders: What You Need to Know When Your AI Writes the Infra Your AI coding assistant writes CI/CD pipelines, Dockerfiles, and Terraform. Here's every DevOps concept you need to understand so it doesn't burn production down. 60+ linked guides.
- Feature Flags vs Feature Toggles: What's the Difference? Feature flag and feature toggle are often used interchangeably, but flags are for release management and toggles are for runtime behavior. Learn the distinction, the four types, and how to use them without creating tech debt.
- How to Roll Back a Bad Deploy A rollback plan turns a bad deploy from an outage into a 60-second fix. Learn the two kinds of rollback and how to rehearse them before you need them.
- What Are Database Migrations (and Why Do They Break Deploys)? A migration is a versioned change to your database schema, applied in order. Learn how they work and the failure modes that take down deploys.
- What Is Zero-Downtime Deployment? Zero-downtime deployment ships new versions without interrupting users. Learn the strategies — rolling, blue-green, canary — and which fits a small app.
- What Is a Blue-Green Deployment? A blue-green deployment runs two identical environments and swaps traffic between them, giving instant rollback. Learn how it works and its costs.
- What Is a Canary Deployment? A canary deployment rolls a new version out to a small slice of users first, watching for errors before expanding. Learn how it limits blast radius.
- What Is a Container Registry (and How Do Rate Limits Work)? A container registry stores and serves your Docker images. Learn how registries work, why pulls fail with rate limits, and how to avoid them.
- Rolling vs Blue-Green vs Canary Deployments: Which Should You Pick? Compare rolling, blue-green, and canary deployment strategies: downtime, rollback speed, cost, and complexity — with a decision table.