the web server deployment model breaks at hobby scale
Summary
A practical examination of scaling hobbyist web deployments to professional levels, highlighting the importance of separating TLS termination, offloading static files to CDNs or reverse proxies, and implementing caching strategies for unauthenticated and authenticated traffic. The piece also discusses the complexities and trade-offs of monolithic, Docker-centric deployment patterns and the pitfalls of integrating multiple external dependencies.