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Run Ollama on a VPS: Self-Host Local LLMs in Europe (2026)
A practical, honest guide to running local LLMs on a European VPS with Ollama in 2026. Covers model choices for CPU inference, realistic tokens-per-second on AMD EPYC, quantization trade-offs, systemd setup, Open WebUI, and a brutally honest comparison vs GPT-4o-mini. Perfect for GDPR-sensitive workloads.
Build a RAG System with pgvector on Managed PostgreSQL (2026)
A complete 2026 guide to building production RAG systems on managed PostgreSQL with pgvector. Covers embeddings, HNSW vs IVFFlat indexes, hybrid search, ingestion pipelines, FastAPI endpoints, and why you do not need Pinecone or Weaviate when Postgres already does it — all GDPR-safe on DanubeData from €19.99/mo.
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.
Heroku Alternatives in 2026: Where to Deploy After the Free Tier Ended
Heroku killed its free tier in 2022 and raised prices twice since. Here are the 9 best Heroku alternatives in 2026 compared side-by-side: Railway, Render, Fly.io, DigitalOcean App Platform, Platform.sh, Dokku, Coolify, CapRover, and DanubeData. Pricing, buildpacks, regions, GDPR, and migration notes included.
Firebase Alternatives in Europe: GDPR-Compliant Backend Platforms (2026)
Looking for a Firebase alternative in Europe? Compare Appwrite, Supabase, Nhost, PocketBase, Parse, and the DanubeData composable stack. GDPR-compliant, Schrems II safe, no CLOUD Act exposure.
Supabase Alternatives in Europe: GDPR-Compliant BaaS Options (2026)
Looking for a European, GDPR-compliant alternative to Supabase? Compare Appwrite, Nhost, PocketBase, self-hosted Supabase and the DanubeData composable stack — pricing, features, data residency, Schrems II and CLOUD Act reality for 2026.
Self-Hosted AI Coding Assistants: Copilot Alternatives for Privacy-First Teams (2026)
A pragmatic 2026 guide to self-hosting AI coding assistants in Europe. Compare Continue.dev, Tabby, Twinny, Codeium Enterprise and Cody, pick the right code-specialized model (Qwen 2.5 Coder, DeepSeek Coder V2, StarCoder2), and deploy a working stack on a single DanubeData VPS — without shipping your private repositories to US cloud providers.
Self-Host Strapi or Directus: Open-Source Headless CMS Setup Guide (2026)
Pick between Strapi and Directus, then self-host a modern headless CMS on your own VPS in under an hour. Complete 2026 guide with Docker Compose, managed Postgres, S3 for media, reverse proxy, backups, and a cost breakdown that beats Contentful by 90%.
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