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SaaS and Cloud

SaaS architecture, hosting, VPS and deployment, databases, queues and production operations.

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Tutorial6 September 2026
How to write a production Dockerfile for a Node.js 24 app
A step-by-step Node.js 24 Dockerfile: multi-stage build, npm ci with a cache mount, a non-root user, a curl-free health check and graceful SIGTERM handling, with the reasoning behind every line.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Architecture guide1 September 2026
How to design audit logs for Laravel SaaS and ERP applications
What to record, why model events are not enough, a tested hash-chained audit logger for Laravel 13, GDPR erasure with crypto-shredding, retention and packages.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Tutorial25 August 2026
How to set token budgets and cost limits for AI applications
Per-user and per-tenant AI budgets with soft and hard caps, pre-flight token counts, an atomic reserve-and-settle ledger, provider spend limits and graceful degradation.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Architecture guide15 August 2026
MySQL 8.4 GTID replication: set up replicas and fail over safely
How MySQL 8.4 GTID replication works, when to add semisync, how to configure a source and replicas, the removed SLAVE statements and a safe failover runbook.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Tutorial1 August 2026
Set up nginx as an HTTPS reverse proxy with Let's Encrypt
Put your app behind nginx with a free Let's Encrypt certificate on Ubuntu 24.04: tested config, HTTP/2, WebSockets, and renewal ready for shorter lifetimes.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Comparison24 July 2026
Next.js vs a React SPA for SaaS products: SEO, performance and cost
Marketing site or app shell? We built the same page as a Vite SPA and with Next.js, measured paint and interactivity, and priced hosting from published rates.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Troubleshooting guide20 July 2026
BullMQ jobs stuck or stalled? How to find and fix the cause
Diagnose BullMQ jobs stuck in waiting or active, stalled twice-run jobs and vanishing keys: event-loop blocking, shutdown, Redis eviction and retry fixes.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Comparison19 July 2026
Laravel queues vs NestJS BullMQ in 2026: architecture and performance
Laravel queues and BullMQ compared on architecture, retries, rate limits, cancellation and dashboards, with a benchmark on the same Redis and what it means for AI jobs.
By Cloudsoft Zone
Comparison19 June 2026
UPI AutoPay vs card mandates: India's 2026 e-mandate rules
RBI's 2026 e-mandate framework explained for subscription businesses: card and UPI AutoPay limits, 24-hour notices and the billing changes you need.
By Cloudsoft Zone
12 June 2026
Zero-downtime deployments on a single VPS with nginx and Docker
Deploy without dropped requests on one VPS: blue-green Docker Compose services, an nginx upstream switch, graceful SIGTERM handling and safe migrations.
By Cloudsoft Zone