It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
summary
Shows a concrete build: a private‑first analytics platform running Next.js standalone in Docker, deployed with GitHub Actions, Coolify and Terraform, monitored by Prometheus/Loki/Grafana and fronted by CDN (Cloudflare/Bunny). Data stack uses Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse and Drizzle; caching and pooling reduce DB load. Production cluster equals 24 cores 60+ GB RAM 30 TB disk and serves ~1 million hits/month, autoscaling across regions via load balancers. Total infra cost reports at ~€450–€2,000 vs €4,000+ on AWS.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 4:52Starting with one user
- 7:19Deploying the first version
- 10:14Scaling to beta users
- 12:22Removing resource constraints
- 14:27Moving to multi-node setup
- 17:40Building your own cloud
- 20:13Real-world setup and costs
- 22:43Conclusion and call to action
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