Sharing experience, insights, and practical solutions from real projects. Architecture, performance, processes, and teams.
Complete guide to setting up automated Next.js deployment to your own server via GitLab CI/CD. PM2 for zero-downtime, Nginx Proxy Manager for domain management, secrets management, and multi-environment setup.
When it's really time to split, Strangler Fig in practice, distributed tracing from day one, and what to do with shared code. Real-world migration case with metrics and honest talk about pitfalls.
Production crashed Friday night. Team fixed it by 3 AM. Monday meeting: CTO yells 'Who screwed up?!' Developers stay silent. Incident will repeat. I've seen this 40 times. Postmortem isn't an interrogation. It's a system that turns mistakes into growth. Breaking down blame-free culture, report structure, and what to do with results.
How to set up production-grade monitoring in one evening without a DevOps team. Metrics, logs, alerts, and dashboards for projects on a single server or small cluster.