Useful articles on domains, hosting and websites
Server monitoring tracks server state, performance, and uptime. Comparing Prometheus + Grafana stack, Datadog, New Relic, Zabbix.
Edge computing runs code and serves data on servers closest to the user. Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, AWS Lambda@Edge, and the future strategy.
Colocation — you buy your own server hardware and the data center provides power, cooling, internet, and security. Different from VPS and dedicated.
Windows and Linux — the two main server operating systems. Linux for PHP/WordPress, Windows for ASP.NET. Differences, pricing, and choice.
Green hosting uses data centers powered by renewable energy. Cutting your carbon footprint and CSR strategy.
A CDN stores site files on servers around the world for fast delivery. Setting up Cloudflare, BunnyCDN, Amazon CloudFront and speeding up your site.
Load balancing — distributing traffic across multiple servers. For higher uptime and performance. Nginx, HAProxy, AWS ELB strategies.
Server migration — moving a site from one hosting to another. Stages and best practices for zero-downtime migration.
Uptime — the percentage of time the server is up. What 99.9% means and when to switch hosting.