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Nixopus Alternatives : Ten Platforms To Consider For Modern App Deployment

A practical guide comparing Nixopus with ten alternative deployment platforms including Vercel, Netl...

Building a Self Hostable Installer, Lessons from Nixopus

Lessons learned from building a self hostable installer for Nixopus. From Bash scripts to Python Typ...

How Jekyll almost killed our vitepress docs

A debugging story about GitHub Pages silently running Jekyll alongside our custom GitHub Action, bre...

From Migrations to Seed : Working with Fixtures in Nixopus

A deep dive into database fixtures and data seeding in Go using Bun ORM. Learn how to automate test data setup, create modular YAML seed files, and st...

Sunday, Jun 29, 2025

Raghavendra Bhat

Don't Be a Foolish, Contributing to Open Source the Right Way

A no-nonsense guide to contributing to open source the right way. Learn how to avoid influencer hype, give back meaningfully, report bugs properly, an...

Sunday, Jun 22, 2025

Raghavendra Bhat

The Gem of a Github Action you never used

Discover how Docker's QEMU GitHub Action solved our multi-distro testing challenges. Learn why unit tests, manual VPS testing, and traditional virtual...

Saturday, Jun 14, 2025

Raghavendra Bhat

How Docker Contexts Transformed My Multi-Environment Workflow

Learn how Docker Contexts and systemd service overrides can solve multi-environment chaos. Discover practical techniques for isolating Docker configur...

Tuesday, Jun 10, 2025

Raghavendra Bhat