Scott and Wes talk about the benefits of owning your own PaaS (platform as a service), the main alternatives in the space, and ways to make passion projects more financially viable.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:12 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
01:56 What is a PaaS?
NGINX
04:21 Challenges with payment structures.
Render
07:02 What is Kubernetes?
Kubernetes
07:51 What are the differences between Kubernetes and Docker?
Docker Swarm
09:15 Reasons to own your own PaaS.
Nelify
Bluehost
15:05 “Pokémon or Web Service”
Original 150 Pokémon Characters
16:49 The players and their pros and cons.
18:51 Where can you host these services? 19:47 Kubero.
Kubero
21:50 Coolify.
Coolify
Coolify pricing
28:15 Caprover.
Caprover
29:03 Dokku.
Dokku
Shokku
Ledokku
Atlas
Nixpacks
32:53 Piku.
Piku
33:24 Cuber.
Cuber
34:13 Acorn.
Acorn
Coolify creator, Andras Bacsai on X
36:44 The challenges of hosting your own PaaS.
38:46 Jekyll ran on a PC under a desk.
Jekyll
39:36 Sometimes less is, in fact, more.
40:09 Final thoughts.
45:03 Scott got Bun to work on Coolify.
51:01 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.
Sick Picks Wes: GripStic Chip Bag Sealer Amazon, GripStic Chip Bag Sealer Aliexpress
Scott: Caseta Diva Smart Dimmer
Shameless Plugs Wes: Syntax YouTube
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