DevOps for Founders The Founder's Guide to Running a Product in Production Running a product in production takes five things working together, and most outages happen in the gaps between them. What each one means, what it costs when nobody owns the fix, and a 10-question self-check.
DevOps for Founders What Is DevOps? A Plain-English Guide for Non-Technical Founders DevOps is the work that gets your code to customers safely and keeps it running. The six jobs, how it differs from hosting and IT support, and whether you need a full-time hire.
AI Infrastructure Self-Hosted AI on a VPS: What You Can Run, What You Can’t, and How to Secure It Short answer: you can self-host useful AI tools on a normal cloud server, such as an automation tool (n8n), a chat interface (Open WebUI), and a small vector database for document search. Small local models (Ollama) also run, but slowly, because a server without a GPU is limited by
Releases & CI/CD How to Deploy a Node.js App on a VPS with Nginx, PM2 and Free SSL Short answer: to deploy a Node.js app on a VPS, run the app with PM2 so it restarts by itself, put Nginx in front as a reverse proxy, point your domain at the server, and get a free SSL certificate with Let's Encrypt and Certbot. Keep the
Hosting & Infrastructure Why Is Creating a Cloud Server So Complicated? (And a Simpler Way) Short answer: creating a virtual machine (VM) on a large cloud platform is not a one-click job because every launch asks you to decide about the image, instance type, network, subnet, firewall, storage, permissions and limits. That flexibility helps large companies, but it slows down developers, startups and small
Security & Backups Snapshot vs Backup: Which One Do You Need? Short answer: a snapshot is a quick restore point stored on the server itself, best for undoing a bad change in minutes. A backup is a full copy stored somewhere else, best for disasters, deleted servers and nightly protection. Use a snapshot before you change something, and scheduled backups for
Hosting & Infrastructure What to Check Before Buying a VPS in India (7-Point Checklist) Short answer: before you buy a VPS in India, check seven things: how you are billed, where the servers are, what resources you really get, how much control you have, how the network is secured, how backups work, and who helps when something breaks. Compare providers on these points, not
Databases Managed vs Self-Hosted Database: Which Should You Choose? Short answer: choose a managed database if you want to spend your time on your app and nobody on your team has run a production database before. Choose a self-hosted database if you need control over the server underneath, a setup the provider doesn't offer, or you
Scaling & Performance Why Websites Crash During Traffic Spikes (and How a Load Balancer Fixes It) Short answer: a website crashes during a traffic spike when one server has to handle every visitor at once. Its CPU, memory or connection limit runs out, pages slow down, and then errors appear. The fix is to put a load balancer in front of two or more servers, check
DevOps for Founders Not Just Servers: How VavenCloud Actually Helps When Things Go Wrong Most hosting companies sell you compute and disappear. You get a login, a bill, and a support inbox that takes three days to reply, if it replies at all. That's not what we set out to build. VavenCloud gives you private servers, load balancers, databases, hosting, domains, and
