730: Own Your Own PaaS

Scott and Wes talk about the benefits of owning your own PaaS (platform as a service), the main alternatives in the space, and ways to make passion projects more financially viable.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
• 01:12 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
• 01:56 What is a PaaS?
• NGINX
• 04:21 Challenges with payment structures.
• Render
• 07:02 What is Kubernetes?
• Kubernetes
• 07:51 What are the differences between Kubernetes and Docker?
• Docker Swarm
• 09:15 Reasons to own your own PaaS.
• Nelify
• Bluehost
• 15:05 “Pokémon or Web Service”
• Original 150 Pokémon Characters
• 16:49 The players and their pros and cons.
• 18:51 Where can you host these services?
  • 19:47 Kubero.
  • Kubero
  • 21:50 Coolify.
  • Coolify
  • Coolify pricing
  • 28:15 Caprover.
  • Caprover
  • 29:03 Dokku.
  • Dokku
  • Shokku
  • Ledokku
  • Atlas
  • Nixpacks
  • 32:53 Piku.
  • Piku
  • 33:24 Cuber.
  • Cuber
  • 34:13 Acorn.
  • Acorn
  • Coolify creator, Andras Bacsai on X
• 36:44 The challenges of hosting your own PaaS.
• 38:46 Jekyll ran on a PC under a desk.
• Jekyll
• 39:36 Sometimes less is, in fact, more.
• 40:09 Final thoughts.
• 45:03 Scott got Bun to work on Coolify.
• 51:01 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

• Wes: GripStic Chip Bag Sealer Amazon, GripStic Chip Bag Sealer Aliexpress
• Scott: Caseta Diva Smart Dimmer

Shameless Plugs

• Wes: Syntax YouTube

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