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Unlimited CI build minutes without SaaS lock-In: A practical look at Woodpecker CI
DevOps & Reliability

Unlimited CI build minutes without SaaS lock-In: A practical look at Woodpecker CI

GitHub Actions pricing and policy changes have pushed teams to rethink CI ownership. This article explores Woodpecker CI as a self-hosted, open-source alternative that enables unlimited build minutes, predictable costs, and full infrastructure control.
URL monitoring made easy: self-hosted open-source tool for checking your website availability
DevOps & Reliability

URL monitoring made easy: self-hosted open-source tool for checking your website availability

You don’t need a complex stack to monitor availability. A lightweight, self-hosted approach to website uptime monitoring that scales with your needs
How to provision an OpenVPN server on Ubuntu for development and testing
DevOps & Reliability

How to provision an OpenVPN server on Ubuntu for development and testing

A step-by-step guide to deploying a self-hosted VPN for development, testing, and internal infrastructure access.
Running Cypress end-to-end tests on Woodpecker CI with Slack notifications
DevOps & Reliability

Running Cypress end-to-end tests on Woodpecker CI with Slack notifications

End-to-end tests are only useful if their results are visible and actionable. In this guide, we show how to run Cypress tests on a self-hosted Woodpecker CI server and report clear, readable results directly to Slack — including failures, logs, and pipeline status. The setup works for small teams and production-grade environments alike.
Deploy React/Vue/Svelte in Docker simply and efficiently using Spa-to-http and Traefik
DevOps & Reliability

Deploy React/Vue/Svelte in Docker simply and efficiently using Spa-to-http and Traefik

Learn about fast and professional way to serve SPA and be able to proxy any requests in a minutes with a minimal code. Based on open-source spa-to-http tooling and Traefik.
How to safely run memory-unstable Node.js dependencies in production
DevOps & Reliability

How to safely run memory-unstable Node.js dependencies in production

Third-party libraries don’t always behave well in long-running Node.js processes. In this article, we show a universal, production-tested strategy to isolate and mitigate RAM leaks in tools like Puppeteer — without modifying their source code. You’ll get a reusable pattern and ready-to-use Node.js code that works across different libraries and workloads.