# Articles from April 2025 - DeployHQ Blog Displaying posts **1** – **12** of **13** in total ### [5 Ways to Deploy Kirby CMS: Hosting, PHP Requirements & Real Costs](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/5-ways-to-deploy-kirby-cms) Posted on 28th April 2025 Compare 5 Kirby hosting options (VPS, DeployHQ, Dokku, managed, GitHub Pages) with PHP requirements, real pricing, and operational tradeoffs. ### [Ruby Application Servers: A Complete Performance and Architecture Guide](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/ruby-application-servers-in-2025-a-complete-performance-and-architecture-guide) Posted on 28th April 2025 Compare Puma, Passenger, Falcon, iodine, and Agoo for Ruby production deployments. Includes real benchmarks, architecture deep dives, Nginx configuration, and practical tuning advice from running Rails in production. ### [Case Study: Accelerating Windows Server Deployments with DeployHQ](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/case-study-accelerating-windows-server-deployments-with-deployhq) Posted on 21st April 2025 Automate Windows Server 2022 deployments on AWS LightSail! See how Innovate Solutions used DeployHQ to streamline their workflow, reduce errors, and accelerate releases. Learn how to configure OpenSSH and automate IIS deployments. ### [DeployHQ: Navigating the Cloud Exit Landscape](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/deployhq-navigating-the-cloud-exit-landscape) Posted on 17th April 2025 Cloud repatriation is no longer radical. Learn why CIOs are exiting the cloud due to rising costs and vendor lock-in. Explore the economics of cloud storage and compute, the impact of AI, and the importance of architectural sovereignty. Discover practical cloud exit strategies and how DeployHQ offers up to 90% cost savings and full control. ### [What Is Vendor Lock-In? Definition, Examples, How to Avoid It](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/understanding-vendor-lock-in-what-every-developer-needs-to-know) Posted on 17th April 2025 Vendor lock-in explained with real cloud, database, and AI examples — what it is, the warning signs, and proven ways to keep your exit cost bounded. ### [Deploy Keycloak 26 on Ubuntu 24.04: Production VPS with Docker and DeployHQ](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/simplifying-authentication-a-comprehensive-guide-to-installing-keycloak-on-a-vps) Posted on 15th April 2025 Deploy Keycloak 26 on a VPS with Docker Compose, PostgreSQL, Nginx, and TLS. This production-ready guide includes automated configuration deployments with DeployHQ. ### [Scrape Applications Using ScraperAPI and DeployHQ](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/scrape-applications-using-scraperapi-and-deployhq) Posted on 14th April 2025 Stop manual data entry! Learn how to automate web scraping with Python and ScraperAPI, then deploy your scraper with DeployHQ. Track competitors, analyze trends, and more. ### [Apache Ant vs NAnt: Build Automation Tools for Java and .NET](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/build-automation-demystified-understanding-ant-nant-and-build-pipeline-tools) Posted on 12th April 2025 How Apache Ant and NAnt automate Java and .NET builds, where they fit in a modern pipeline, and when to migrate to Maven, Gradle or MSBuild. ### [Self-Hosting AI Models: Hardware Requirements, Model Selection, and Deployment Guide](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/self-hosting-ai-models-privacy-control-and-performance-with-open-source-alternatives) Posted on 10th April 2025 A practical guide to self-hosting AI models on your own infrastructure. Covers hardware requirements, VRAM and quantisation, model selection for 2026, cost comparisons with cloud APIs, and deployment with DeployHQ. ### [Frontend Deployment Best Practices: Builds, Bundles, and When to Ship](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/solving-common-frontend-deployment-challenges-and-boosting-performance) Posted on 7th April 2025 Frontend deployment guide: cut build times with Bun and esbuild, shrink bundles with tree shaking, and pick the right deploy window for stable releases. ### [Flask SQLAlchemy Best Practices 2026: Migrations and Zero-Downtime Deploys](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/mastering-code-first-database-deployments-with-flask-and-sqlalchemy) Posted on 7th April 2025 Best practices for Flask 3 + SQLAlchemy 2 in production: typed models, Alembic autogenerate gotchas, and zero-downtime schema migrations. ### [Deploy n8n on Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 with Docker](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/deploying-n8n-on-alibaba-cloud-using-docker) Posted on 3rd April 2025 Run n8n on an Alibaba Cloud VPS with Docker and Postgres behind Nginx and Let's Encrypt — a production-grade setup with the gotchas every quickstart skips. [1](/blog/archive/2025/4?page=1)[2](/blog/archive/2025/4?page=2)[Next ›](/blog/archive/2025/4?page=2)[Last »](/blog/archive/2025/4?page=2)