1512 posts tagged with "PaaS"
Platform-as-a-Service tooling, economics, and self-hosted alternatives
Your Admission Webhook Never Saw That Container: Runtime Supply-Chain Verification With containerd's NRI
Static pods, direct node access, and webhook outages all bypass API-layer image checks. A CNCF-backed NRI plugin moves SLSA, VEX, and VSA verification into the container runtime itself — here is how it works and what it costs to run across a fleet.
Your AI Agent Has the Keys to Your Servers: What a Coolify MCP Bridge Teaches About Scoping Deploy Authority
A community MCP server turns Coolify into agent-callable deploy tools for about 13 dollars a month — but the agent holds a deploy-level API token with nothing between it and delete. Scoped, audited agent credentials are the missing primitive.
Daytona's Sub-90ms vs E2B's 150ms: Does Sandbox Cold Start Matter for AI Agent Loops?
Daytona boots sandboxes in under 90ms while E2B's Firecracker microVMs take about 150ms — but model latency dwarfs both in real agent loops. A numbers-first look at when the gap matters, how the two pricing shapes compare, and what a self-hosted sandbox should copy from each.
Railway Locked Enterprise Deploys to a GitHub Org Allowlist: Build the Same Guardrail on Your Own Fleet
Railway's May 2026 changelog lets enterprise workspaces restrict deployments to approved GitHub orgs. Here is what the guardrail enforces and how to rebuild it on your own fleet with ArgoCD source pinning, Kyverno admission policy, and pipeline owner checks.
Headlamp Ships a Cluster API Plugin: Declarative Cluster Lifecycle Finally Gets the UI Kubernetes Dashboard Never Had
Headlamp's June 2026 Cluster API plugin brings clusters, machines, and rollout state into a maintained browser UI just as the Kubernetes Dashboard goes dark — here is what it ships, how to try it, and where it still stops short.
Heroku vs Railway vs Render vs Fly.io: Read the Feature Matrix, Not the Price List (2026)
Heroku, Railway, Render, and Fly.io look interchangeable until you read the feature matrix: free-tier expiries, Postgres row caps, egress meters, and the operational rows that decide year two — plus which rows a self-hosted fleet beats on day one.
Hetzner DNS Makes the RRSet TTL Required on September 30: Audit Your DNS Automation Before Updates Start Failing
On September 30, 2026, Hetzner starts rejecting RRSet TTL updates that omit the ttl field. Here is which callers are already safe, which break, and a 20-minute audit to prove your DNS automation is compliant before the cutoff.
Hetzner Is Giving Away Free Inference. Should Your Fleet Still Run Its Own vLLM?
Hetzner's free OpenAI-compatible inference API gives self-hosted teams zero-capex model access — but rate limits, 5–10s p99 latency, and a scaled-down catalog define what 'free' actually guarantees. Here is the rent-vs-own math and a checklist for when to build your own vLLM.
Hetzner Traffic Overage Math: €1/TB on Owned EU Boxes vs $150/TB on Render, and What It Means for Tenant Bandwidth Pricing
Hetzner Cloud bundles 20 TB of pooled traffic per server with €1/TB overage, while Render charges $150/TB past a 25 GB allowance. Here is the worked math at four egress levels and what flat bandwidth costs mean for pricing tenants on a self-hosted PaaS.