1512 posts tagged with "PaaS"
Platform-as-a-Service tooling, economics, and self-hosted alternatives
The Kubernetes Descheduler Can Cut Compute Spend 30-50% — Here's the Math on a Real Hetzner Fleet
A worked example turning the abstract 'bin-packing cuts compute 30-50%' claim into real node counts and euros on a Hetzner fleet, plus the PodDisruptionBudget and eviction-cadence config a multi-tenant PaaS needs before enabling it.
Hetzner Raised Prices Twice in 2026: What It Actually Does to the Self-Hosting Cost Pitch
Hetzner's shared-vCPU lines rose 30-38% in 2026; its dedicated-vCPU lines rose up to 173%. Here's the redone self-host-vs-PaaS break-even math by node class, and the rescale trap that quietly reprices a fleet you thought was grandfathered.
Cluster API's Docker Resources Are Deprecated, Not Removed: The Real CAPD→CAPDev Timeline and What to Migrate Before v1.15
CAPD's DockerCluster/DockerMachine types are deprecated as of Cluster API v1.13.0, not v1.12, and removal is targeted for v1.15 with no committed date. Here's the real timeline, the concrete manifest migration, and what a CAPH-based fleet actually needs to touch.
Cursor and Windsurf Can Now Run Your Code in the Cloud. Neither One Can Ship It.
Cursor's Cloud Agents and Windsurf's Devin handoff both run your code in a sandboxed cloud VM and hand back a PR. Here's the documented, vendor-confirmed line where that stops and deploying starts — and what actually closes it.
Depot's Cache Meter vs. Your Own NVMe: What $0.20/GB Actually Costs a Real Cache Footprint
Depot bills its remote build cache at $0.20/GB/month past your plan's allotment. Here's the worked math on what that costs a real dependency cache footprint against a self-hosted fleet's own NVMe, which charges nothing extra for storage it already owns.
Incus as a Cluster API Node Substrate: A Real Provider, a Narrow Case, and a Default You Should Flip
cluster-api-provider-incus already exists and already works — but it defaults to privileged containers, ships pre-1.0, and doesn't beat gVisor/Kata on the isolation question that matters most. Here's the concrete case for and against exposing it.
PSI Metrics Reach GA in Kubernetes 1.36: What Your Node's CPU/Memory Graphs Have Been Hiding
Kubernetes 1.36 graduates PSI metrics to GA, but the kubelet's own eviction manager still doesn't read them. Here's the exact wiring a self-hosted, Cluster-API-managed fleet needs to build itself — and the CPU-PSI gotcha that will burn you if you skip it.
Hetzner Tripled Some Cloud Tiers in 2026 — OVHcloud and Scaleway Didn't: A Line-by-Line Node-Pool Cost Comparison
Hetzner raised its dedicated-vCPU cloud tier up to 173% in 2026 while OVHcloud and Scaleway raised comparable tiers by single digits — a line-by-line node-pool cost comparison, and why multi-sourcing across Cluster API providers is the real hedge.
Your PaaS Bill Lied to You: The Hidden Line Items on Render, Railway, and Fly.io — and the Ones Self-Hosting Doesn't Tell You About Either
Render, Railway, Fly.io, and Vercel all publish a sticker price — but egress, IPv4, and snapshot metering are what turn a bad month into a very different bill. Here's the real rate card, and the line items self-hosting doesn't put on its own homepage either.