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This checklist is here to help startups evaluate and improve their DevOps practices. Based on our experience with over 200 startup customers, it’s tailored for teams with little or no dedicated DevOps staff. The aim is to highlight areas where you can make improvements, not to point out failures. Use this list to measure where you are now and to plan for future progress, ensuring your startup can grow smoothly and effectively.

Morgan Perry

Co-founder

Working with Kubernetes Services is convenient, especially when you can deploy Load Balancers via cloud providers like AWS. At Qovery, we initially started with Kubernetes’ built-in Network Load Balancer (NLB). However, we decided to move to the AWS Load Balancer Controller (ALB Controller). In this article, I explain why we made this switch and how it benefits our infrastructure. We will discuss the reasons for the transition, the features of the ALB Controller, and provide a guide for deploying it. This shift has helped us simplify management, reduce costs, and enhance performance. By understanding these points, you can decide if the ALB Controller is right for your Kubernetes setup.

Pierre Mavro

CTO & Co-founder

Recently, at Qovery, we added a terminal to our UI Console but didn’t find a React library that fit our needs. So, we built react-xtermjs based on the popular XTerm.js library. In this article, I'll explain what XTerm.js is and how to use our library.

Rémi Bonnet

Software Engineer

Startups often face challenges in balancing rapid development with robust infrastructure. DevOps can be the solution, but selecting the right tools can be overwhelming. Achieving a good balance of cost, scaling, security, efficiency improvement, learning curve, rapid product releases, etc. is not easy. But worry not, we will solve this problem for you today. I've compiled some of the best DevOps tools that will make the DevOps journey of a startup easier. After going through this article, you should have a strong grip on what tools you need and why.

Morgan Perry

Co-founder

Startups face unique challenges in their journey, including tight budgets, rapid development cycles, and limited resources. In this high-pressure environment, DevOps practice emerges as a crucial framework. Contrary to the misconception that DevOps is only suited for large enterprises, it offers significant advantages for startups by streamlining processes, enhancing product quality, and accelerating time-to-market. I’ll show you why DevOps is especially advantageous for startups, dispelling common myths and outlining best practices for implementing and managing DevOps in a startup environment.

Morgan Perry

Co-founder

DevOps is crucial for growing organizations, enhancing collaboration between development and operations teams to expedite deployment cycles and improve overall efficiency. Selecting the right DevOps engineer for your team, especially when new to DevOps, is vital. A poor hiring decision can significantly impact your organization, resulting in higher costs, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities. Let's address this challenging task by sharing essential aspects of hiring your first DevOps engineer, including key competencies, dos and don’ts, and timing considerations.

Morgan Perry

Co-founder

When planning a migration from Heroku to AWS, it’s essential to grasp the complexities inherent in transitioning from a managed Platform as a Service (PaaS) like Heroku to the intricacies of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provided by AWS. This shift demands not just an adaptation to a different architectural framework but also a strategic approach to overcome operational and technical challenges that can significantly affect both performance and cost efficiency. In this guide, I will outline the major challenges you are likely to encounter and offer targeted best practices to manage these effectively. Hopefully, by the end of this article, you will have a clear roadmap to meticulously plan and successfully execute your migration to AWS, ensuring minimal disruption to your operations.

Morgan Perry

Co-founder

I am super excited to announce the release of our complete guide on how to run GitOps with Qovery! GitOps revolutionizes infrastructure management by using Git repositories as the source of truth, offering a more streamlined, reliable, and automated workflow.

Romaric Philogène

CEO & Co-founder

In the past decade, Platform as a Service (PaaS) has revolutionized the way companies deploy and manage applications. With promises of scalability, operational ease, and cost efficiency, PaaS attracted myriad businesses looking to leverage cloud technologies and reduce time to market. However, as these platforms have matured, many organizations have realized that PaaS, while powerful, is not without its pitfalls. Let's dig into the hidden costs associated with PaaS solutions, offering insights into how companies can better manage and anticipate these expenses to optimize their cloud strategies.

Morgan Perry

Co-founder