Developer Workflows
Managed Databases vs Self-Hosted: Deciding as a Developer
The engine is the same either way, so the real choice is who owns backups, patching, failover and pooling. This…
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IBM Cloud Resource Groups and IAM: A Practical Orientation
IBM Cloud carries two generations of infrastructure under one console. This orientation covers resource groups and their one-way assignment rule,…
Developer Workflows
Nginx as a Reverse Proxy on a Cloud Server
Nginx handles TLS, hostnames, static files and request limits so your application does not have to. This guide builds a…
Infrastructure & Networking
Port 25 and Outbound Email: Why Cloud Providers Restrict It
Outbound port 25 is closed by default on nearly every cloud platform, and for good reason. This article explains the…
Developer Workflows
Managed Kubernetes for Small Teams: When It Makes Sense
Managed Kubernetes removes the control plane burden and leaves everything above it with you. This article draws that line precisely,…
Infrastructure & Networking
Floating IPs and Failover on Developer Clouds
A floating address belongs to your account rather than to a server, so failover becomes an API call instead of…
Developer Workflows
Cloud Development Environments: Coding on Remote Machines
When builds crawl and onboarding takes days, the laptop stops being the right place to develop. This guide compares personal…
Infrastructure & Networking
CDN Basics for Cloud-Hosted Sites
A content delivery network is a cache and a reverse proxy, and everything else follows from those two facts. This…
Developer Workflows
Serverless vs VPS for Side Projects
For a project you maintain in spare hours, the choice between serverless and a virtual private server is about attention…
Infrastructure & Networking
Private Networking Between Cloud Servers
A database and a web server on the same cloud should not talk over the public internet. This guide covers…
Infrastructure & Networking
VPC Networking Basics: Subnets, Route Tables and Gateways
Four ideas cover most of virtual private cloud networking: the address plan, subnets, route tables and gateways. This guide explains…
Infrastructure & Networking
DNS Setup for Cloud Servers: Records, TTLs and Propagation
Registrar, nameserver and zone are three separate jobs, and mixing them up causes most DNS confusion. This guide covers the…