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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