Integration Cheatsheet 09 — Deployment Stack (Docker + K8s + Migrations)
Cheatsheet: Dockerfile, K8s Deployment, migration Job, secrets, probes, graceful shutdown.
Deployment
FastAPI Cheatsheet 11 — Docker, Kubernetes, and Deploy
Cheatsheet: Dockerfile (multi-stage, distroless), Uvicorn flags, K8s deployment, probes, HPA, lifespan, graceful shutdown.
Next.js Cheatsheet 12 — Deployment (Vercel and self-host)
Cheatsheet: Vercel deploy, Docker, standalone output, env vars, runtime.
Django Cheatsheet 14 — Deployment with Docker
Cheatsheet: Dockerfile, gunicorn, uvicorn, static files, healthchecks.
Blue/Green vs Canary vs Rolling Deploys in 2026 — Which to Pick
Deploy strategy selection: rolling for default, canary for risk-sensitive, blue/green for stateful / instant cutover. Tools and patterns from production.
LLM Deployment Patterns in 2026 — Inference Servers, Routing, and Production Architectures
Practical LLM deployment: vLLM / TGI for self-hosted, hybrid (API + local), routing layers, autoscaling GPUs, fallbacks, and serving cost economics.
Zero-Downtime Database Migrations in 2026 — The Expand-and-Contract Playbook
The full expand-and-contract migration playbook. Add a column, rename a column, drop a column, change a type — each as a multi-step deploy that never blocks.
Zero-Downtime Deployments in 2026 — Blue/Green, Canary, and Rolling
How to deploy without downtime in 2026. Blue/green, canary, rolling, feature flags, db migrations the right way, and the patterns that survive Friday afternoons.
Feature Flags and Progressive Delivery in 2026 — LaunchDarkly, Flagsmith, and OpenFeature
How to ship safely with feature flags in 2026. The OpenFeature standard, picking a vendor, the patterns (boolean flags, percentage rollouts, targeting), and the costs of doing it wrong.
Kubernetes for App Developers: The Practical Subset
A no-fluff Kubernetes intro for app developers — what pods, deployments, services, and ingress really are, and how to ship your app onto a cluster without becoming a cluster operator.