Updates, tutorials, and insights from developing haloy.
Kamal and Haloy both deploy Docker containers to your own servers with a YAML file and one command. Where they differ is how the CLI reaches the server, how the image gets there, and what runs on the box.
Overlay networks solve a real problem: private cross-machine communication. But many apps don't need that layer. A practical look through Kamal, Haloy, Uncloud, and Kubernetes.
Kubernetes is the standard for container orchestration, but most apps don't need it. A practical look at what each tool does and how to decide.
Comparing Umami, Plausible, and Rybbit for self-hosted analytics. How to deploy each with Haloy, bypass ad blockers, and scale when traffic grows.
How Haloy uses Go's httputil.ReverseProxy and tls.Config to build a production reverse proxy with automatic Let's Encrypt certificates and minimal dependencies.
Comparing self-hosted deployment tools in 2026: Coolify, Dokploy, Kamal, Dokku, Komodo, Uncloud, and Haloy. Strengths, weaknesses, and who each suits.
What if your deployment server could cache layers the same way a registry does? Registry-like layer caching for direct-to-server deploys, without the registry.
Concise write-ups on Docker deploy patterns, ops trade-offs, and new Haloy content.