283 posts tagged with "Migration"
Migrating off hosted platforms like Render, Heroku, Railway, and Fly.io
Heroku Dyno to Hetzner CX in 2026: Real Bill Before and After With Egress Math
The same Node.js and Postgres workload costs $128 a month on Heroku Standard dynos versus about $10 on a Hetzner CX box. A line-by-line 2026 recompute with egress math from 100 GB to 20 TB, plus the honest case for staying on Heroku.
Heroku's Dead, Three Bills Remain: Railway vs Render vs Fly.io vs a Flat-Rate Hetzner Box
Techsy's July 2026 comparison priced the same app on Railway, Render, and Fly.io. We add the missing fourth column — flat-rate Hetzner machines — and show where each platform's billing shape hides the cost that owning the box eliminates.
Ingress-NGINX Is Dead. Gateway API v1.5 Is What You Migrate To — and It Finally Covers the Gaps
Ingress NGINX has received no patches since March 2026. Gateway API v1.5's stable TLSRoute, ListenerSet, and CORS filter close the gaps that kept teams on NGINX annotations — here is the annotation-by-annotation payoff map, the mechanical migration path, and which implementation to pick for owned hardware.
Northflank Ranked 6 Railway Alternatives — I Priced the Same App on All of Them
Northflank's June 2026 roundup ranked six Railway alternatives on credit-free uptime, visibility, and BYOC. Pricing the same always-on workload on all six runs from ~$77 on Railway to ~€12 on owned hardware — and the BYOC control-plane meter is the number that matters.
Theo Graded the Platforms. Fly.io Answered. Both Missed the Exit Costs
Theo Browne questioned whether Fly.io survives the year; CEO Kurt Mackey answered with a fundraise, a new CEO, and a pivot to agent computers. Pricing the same terabyte on six platforms — and scoring who pays when platforms pivot — shows what tier lists miss and where a €10 Hetzner box lands.
Render Shipped Official Python and TypeScript SDKs: SDK Parity Is Now the Render-Compatibility Bar
Render's September 10 release of official Python and TypeScript SDKs moves the Render-compatibility bar from matching REST endpoints to matching the full client surface: typed methods, per-item cursor pagination, and machine-readable error codes.
From One Box to a Fleet: A Second-Machine Migration Playbook for Coolify, Dokploy, and CapRover Teams Moving to Cluster API
Outgrown your single-box PaaS? A phase-by-phase playbook for moving live workloads from Coolify, Dokploy, or CapRover onto a Cluster-API-managed Hetzner fleet — with a stay-or-go checklist, data-migration options, and a weighted DNS cutover that keeps the old box as rollback.
The Month-13 Bill: What $500 in Fly.io and Render Startup Credits Really Buys
Fly.io's $500 credit buys 6-12 months and Render's buys a meaningful Pro window — then the full meter starts. A line-by-line pricing of the post-credit bill against flat-rate dedicated hardware, and how to spend credits with an exit planned.
Your Side Project Doesn't Need Kubernetes: What an Ask HN Deploy Thread Gets Right About the $5-vs-$40 Decision
A four-container side project priced five ways: a $5 Hetzner-class box, a $6 droplet, Railway's $5 meter, Render at $21-plus, and managed Kubernetes at $39 minimal or $79 production-grade. The cost table lands first, then the decision rule keyed on experience, service count, and traffic shape.