• WordPress Won't Save Your SEO

  Lukas Mauser

  2 min

  Google doesn’t have a CMS bias built in. Google Can Only Measure Metrics like page speed, mobile usability, content quality signals, backlinks and crawlability.

• The Deglobalization and Fragmentation of the Cloud

  Jonas Scholz

  4 min

  The cloud used to be messy, and then it got boring. In the early days, the hosting market was fragmented: colocation, on-prem, little server resellers everywhere. Then came the hyperscalers. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure. They brought economies of scale, virtualization, and global infrastructure that changed everything. It was a consolidation wave that ate the market. And almost all of them? American.

• 5 Docker Projects To Master Docker

  Jonas Scholz

  4 min

  Discover 5 hands-on projects that will level up your Docker skills fast. Make the smallest Docker image, try to Dockerize something that should not be Dockerized, build a base image from scratch, and more.

• 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Startup as a Software Engineer

  Jonas Scholz

  3 min

  There is a lot of startup advice out there, mostly from founders who already made it and forgot what the early days were actually like. So here is a version from someone still in the trenches, building stuff that breaks, sells, and eventually grows.

• How I Self Host VaultWarden With Docker Without Dealing With Servers

  Jonas Scholz

  5 min

  Learn how to self-host VaultWarden, the lightweight Bitwarden server, without managing infrastructure. This guide shows you how to run your own password manager securely using managed Docker hosting, giving you privacy and control without the operational overhead.

• Stop Using AWS.

  Jonas Scholz

  3 min

  Stop overengineering your infrastructure. Most successful indie projects started with simple setups - a single VPS, Docker, and a database. Learn why you probably don't need complex cloud architecture to build something people want.

• 5 Modern AWS Lightsail Alternatives

  Jonas Scholz

  4 min

  Discover the best alternatives to AWS Lightsail for modern cloud deployments. Explore Sliplane, Hetzner, Coolify, and Kamal as powerful alternatives to AWS Lightsail.

• Redis Lost. Or Did They?

  Jonas Scholz

  2 min

  Redis reversed course by going back to an open source license. At first glance, it looks like an admission of defeat. But dig deeper, and this might actually be a win.

• You Should Break Prod

  Jonas Scholz

  4 min

  You only truly understand systems when you break them and fix them. This post explains why you should break things in a safe environment and how you can do it yourself.

• Every Developer Needs to Self-Host

  Jonas Scholz

  4 min

  Self-hosting teaches you how software really runs, how systems talk to each other, and how to secure, scale, and deploy real-world apps. Here's why every developer should self-host at least once.