Independent-minded guidance for choosing, deploying and operating the applications your team depends on.
Rate limits are an operational dependency, not a minor integration detail. Use this pre-deployment framework to map outbound calls, estimate peak and recovery demand, test throttling behavior, and document ownership before a self-hosted application goes live.
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Self-hosting can change how an application is operated, but it does not by itself answer licensing, redistribution, trademark or source-disclosure questions. Use this practical checklist to build evidence, define your intended use and know when to seek qualified legal advice.
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Use this database migration rollback checklist before updating a self-hosted application. Separate code rollback from database recovery, assess compatibility and locks, verify backups, and define recovery decisions before deployment.
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A connection can succeed while records are missed, duplicated, delayed or overwritten. Use this integration reconciliation checklist to assess whether a self-hosted application gives your team the identifiers, evidence and correction path needed to prove that connected systems agree.
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A self-hosted application can look complete in a demo yet fail operationally if its scheduled work never runs. Use this documentation-led checklist to identify task dependencies, choose a supported execution model, test failure behaviour and assign clear ownership before launch.
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A custom domain and HTTPS make an application reachable from the internet, but they do not establish the source address that external services see when the application connects out. Use this checklist to find egress dependencies, test whether IP allowlisting is necessary, and plan safe changes.
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A practical framework for defining health checks that reflect real user outcomes, distinguish startup, liveness and readiness, and account for dependencies without turning every external fault into an application outage.
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Choosing where a self-hosted application lives affects reverse-proxy configuration, cookies, authentication callbacks, webhooks, TLS, migration work, and administrative boundaries. Use this guide to select a URL structure and validate it before launch.
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A practical method for mapping the services your self-hosted application relies on, testing realistic outages safely, and defining secure fallbacks before a launch or migration.
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