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GitHub Went Down. We Found It Inside Our Control Plane.
A GitHub incident stopped more than code review: it exposed a hidden dependency in our infrastructure control plane. Here is how we moved nine repositories and our core CI/CD workflows to Forgejo in one day, what broke, and why we deliberately left some systems behind.
Self-Hosted GitHub Actions Runners on VPS: Cost-Savings & Setup Guide (2026)
Cut your GitHub Actions bill to almost nothing, remove the 6-hour job timeout, and get 4x the CPU power by running self-hosted runners on a DanubeData VPS. Full 2026 setup guide with security hardening, autoscaling, and actions-runner-controller (ARC) on Kubernetes.
Fly.io Alternatives in Europe: GDPR-Compliant Edge Deployment Platforms (2026)
Looking for a Fly.io alternative in Europe? This 2026 guide compares DanubeData, Scaleway, Koyeb, Railway, Render, Porter and self-hosted options across Docker deploy, scale-to-zero, managed Postgres, pricing and GDPR/Schrems II compliance — with a full Fly-to-EU migration playbook.
Managed Kubernetes Alternatives in Europe: EKS/GKE Alternatives for GDPR-Sensitive Workloads (2026)
A practical 2026 guide to managed Kubernetes alternatives in Europe. Compare OVHcloud, Scaleway Kapsule, Exoscale SKS, STACKIT, IONOS, DigitalOcean DOKS, Civo, k3s on Hetzner, and DanubeData Serverless Containers — with real pricing, data residency, and when to pick what.
Laravel Cloud Alternatives in Europe: GDPR-Compliant Laravel Hosting (2026)
Laravel Cloud is slick — but it runs on AWS us-east. For European teams worried about GDPR, Schrems II, pricing, or vendor lock-in, there are better options. Compare Laravel Forge + DanubeData VPS, Managed Apps, Fly.io, Vapor, and self-managed Octane stacks. Full pricing, migration guide, and a recommended €38/mo production stack in Germany.
Self-Host Sentry or GlitchTip: Open-Source Error Tracking Alternatives (2026)
A complete 2026 guide to self-hosting Sentry and GlitchTip for error tracking and performance monitoring. Compare costs, resource footprints, and features; deploy both on a European VPS; and decide which one fits your team.
Self-Host Gitea or Forgejo: Lightweight GitHub Alternative on VPS (2026)
Complete 2026 guide to self-hosting Gitea or Forgejo on a VPS. Compare both forks, deploy with Docker Compose, set up Forgejo Actions runners, migrate from GitHub, and run a production-ready Git server for under €13/month.
Self-Host GitLab on VPS: Complete Setup Guide (2026)
Self-host GitLab on your own VPS for a fraction of GitHub Enterprise cost. Complete 2026 guide covering Docker install, SSL, PostgreSQL, CI/CD runners, S3 backups, and GDPR.
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