· 9 min
Run next/image on a self-hosted VPS without OOM: why the optimizer is memory-hungry, how to bound device sizes, formats, and cache, or offload it.
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Infrastructure articles cover the operational side of software — servers, load balancers, database configuration, backups, and the decisions that keep production systems running reliably.
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· 11 min
Structured logging in Next.js with pino: JSON to stdout, a per-request x-request-id, a wrapper that logs method/path/status/latency, and no secrets in logs.
· 18 min
Production healthcheck endpoints: liveness vs readiness probes, dependency checks with timeouts, 200 vs 503 logic, Docker and Kubernetes config, and security.
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· 8 min
Block scanner bots with Cloudflare WAF on the free plan. Exact rule for /.env, /wp-admin, /xmlrpc — with the starts_with gotcha and curl API deployment.
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· 11 min
Self-host a Node.js API on a €6/month VPS: Caddy reverse proxy, Docker Compose, zero-downtime deploy script, and GitHub Actions CI — complete production setup.
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