Cloud-native basics
Cloud-native is a way of building software so that it can be deployed often, scaled in pieces and recovered automatically. This section separates the useful ideas from the overhead, with practical guidance for small teams on containers, Kubernetes and service boundaries.
4 pages
In this section
01
Container Deployment for Small Teams: 3 Practical Paths
How small teams deploy containers without a platform team: Docker Compose on a server, a PaaS with a Dockerfile, or managed Kubernetes, and when each one fits.
02
Managed Kubernetes in Europe: 7 Services Compared
Managed Kubernetes in Europe compared: STACKIT, IONOS, OVHcloud, Scaleway, UpCloud, Exoscale and DigitalOcean on control plane, SLA, regions and company seat.
03
Microservices vs. Monolith: Which Fits Your Team?
Microservices or monolith? An honest comparison of complexity, scaling, team size and cost, and why a modular monolith is often the best start for small teams.
04
What Does Cloud-Native Mean? A Plain Explanation
What cloud-native means, which building blocks belong to it (containers, Kubernetes, microservices, CI/CD) and how much of it a small team actually needs.
Other sections
App platforms (PaaS)
What a platform as a service does, how Railway, Render, DigitalOcean App Platform and self-hosted options like Coolify compare, and what running your app really costs.
European cloud
Hetzner, STACKIT, IONOS, OVHcloud, Scaleway and others compared, plus what sovereign cloud and GDPR-compliant hosting actually require and how to move off AWS or Azure.
Edge computing
What edge computing is, when moving compute closer to users really cuts latency, and what private 5G campus networks offer businesses.