https://besterry.com/categories/ops/Recent content in Ops on Besterry — Linux & DevOps NotesHugoen-usSun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://besterry.com/posts/incident-response-playbook/Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://besterry.com/posts/incident-response-playbook/<p>Most incident playbooks end up as wiki pages nobody reads during an actual incident. Here&rsquo;s what survives contact with a real 3am pager.</p> <h2 id="the-first-five-minutes">The first five minutes</h2> <p>One person is the Incident Commander (IC). If that&rsquo;s not clear, declare yourself IC.</p> <ol> <li>Acknowledge the page</li> <li>Post in #incidents: &ldquo;Incident: [brief]. I am IC.&rdquo;</li> <li>Start a timeline document (even just a text file)</li> <li>Check public status page — update if user-visible</li> </ol> <p>Don&rsquo;t dig into the problem yet. Set up the command structure first.</p>https://besterry.com/posts/selfhost-vs-saas-tradeoffs/Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://besterry.com/posts/selfhost-vs-saas-tradeoffs/<p>The &ldquo;self-host everything&rdquo; movement has passionate advocates on both sides. Reality is nuanced. Here&rsquo;s the framework I use when deciding.</p> <h2 id="cost-isnt-the-main-factor">Cost isn&rsquo;t the main factor</h2> <p>Many self-host advocates lead with cost savings. Usually it&rsquo;s misleading:</p> <ul> <li>SaaS at small scale is often free or cheap ($0-50/mo)</li> <li>Self-hosting on cheap VPS starts around $5/mo</li> <li>But self-hosting eats engineer time — 2-10 hours/month for maintenance</li> <li>At $100/hr engineering time, self-hosting often costs MORE than SaaS</li> </ul> <p>Cost-wise, self-hosting wins when you&rsquo;re either:</p>