# Tips & Tricks - DeployHQ Blog

Our products pack a punch when it comes to features and it would be easy to miss some of them. Here we post helpful tips & tricks about how to use our products & services.

### [Tie every Sentry error to the DeployHQ deploy that caused it](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/sentry-deploy-tracking-with-deployhq)

Posted on 2nd June 2026

Every Sentry issue should tell you which DeployHQ deploy caused it. Two-minute setup, release tracking, regression detection, faster rollback.

### [What Is OpenRouter? A Team's Practical Guide to Multi-Model AI Routing (2026)](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/openrouter-practical-guide-teams)

Posted on 29th May 2026

One API in front of 400+ models. Here's how OpenRouter actually works, how to wire it into your AI coding tools, and where it stops scaling.

### [Can I Run This Locally? A Practical Guide to Self-Hosted AI Coding Models in 2026](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/local-ai-coding-models-hardware-guide)

Posted on 29th May 2026

Decide if your machine can run a local AI coding model — hardware tiers, runtime trade-offs, and how to wire Ollama into Cline, Aider, and OpenCode.

### [Claude Code & Copilot Alternatives: 7 AI Coding Routers Compared](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/claude-code-copilot-usage-based-alternatives)

Posted on 28th May 2026

Claude Code and Copilot are shifting toward usage-based pricing. Here's how 7 multi-model routers and alternatives compare for shipping teams.

### [Google's Code Review Playbook, Translated for Teams That Ship Daily](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/google-code-review-playbook-deployment-velocity)

Posted on 26th May 2026

Google's eng-practices repo defines what good code review looks like. Here's what each principle means for deployment velocity on teams shipping daily.

### [NGINX 502 Bad Gateway: Causes and Fixes](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/nginx-502-bad-gateway)

Posted on 23rd May 2026

Why NGINX returns 502 Bad Gateway — upstream timeouts, wrong upstream addresses, FastCGI/PHP-FPM failures, plus SELinux gotchas, with fixes.

### [Essential Linux Server Commands for Deployment](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/essential-linux-server-commands-for-deployment)

Posted on 23rd May 2026

Disk space, memory, processes, logs — the Linux server commands you reach for before, during, and after every deployment, plus a health-check script.

### [How to Check Your Ubuntu (or Any Linux) Version from the Command Line](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/how-to-check-ubuntu-version)

Posted on 23rd May 2026

Check your Ubuntu or Linux version from the command line with lsb\_release, /etc/os-release, or hostnamectl. Reference + when to use each.

### [Tie every Honeybadger error to the DeployHQ deploy that caused it](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/honeybadger-deploy-tracking-with-deployhq)

Posted on 18th May 2026

Every error in Honeybadger should tell you which DeployHQ release caused it. Wire deploy markers, regression detection, and one-click rollback.

### [Heroku alternatives in 2026: DeployHQ + your VPS vs Render vs Railway vs Fly.io](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/heroku-alternatives-render-railway-fly-deployhq-vps)

Posted on 15th May 2026

Heroku is in sustaining mode. Compare Render, Railway, Fly.io, and DeployHQ + your own VPS — pricing, lock-in, and when each one wins.

### [6 free GitHub repos that cut your Claude Code token bill](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/free-github-repos-for-claude-code)

Posted on 4th May 2026

Six open-source tools that compress, monitor, and reduce Claude Code token usage. Heavy users can save $100+/mo. Install commands inside.

### [AI Agents in CI/CD Pipelines: From GitHub Issue to Production Deploy](https://www.deployhq.com/blog/ai-agents-cicd-pipelines-github-issue-to-production-deploy)

Posted on 27th April 2026

GitHub Agentic Workflows let AI agents generate fixes and open PRs automatically. But what happens after the merge? Here's how to connect agentic CI to real deployments using the DeployHQ CLI.

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