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to ship Dockerfile-shaped apps to a VPS while Tako keeps routing, TLS, secrets, logs, and rolling updates.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Open Source AWS Elastic Beanstalk Alternative for VPS Apps</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/open-source-aws-elastic-beanstalk-alternative-vps-apps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/open-source-aws-elastic-beanstalk-alternative-vps-apps/</guid><description>Compare AWS Elastic Beanstalk with Tako: app environments, rolling deploys, TLS, logs, scale, and signed VPS management.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:04:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Build Durable Workflows for Bun and Node.js Apps</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/how-to-build-durable-workflows-for-bun-and-nodejs-apps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/how-to-build-durable-workflows-for-bun-and-nodejs-apps/</guid><description>Build durable Bun and Node.js workflows with Tako: typed enqueue, retries, step checkpoints, waits, signals, cron, and scale-to-zero workers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Put Cloudflare in Front of a VPS App Without Losing Client IPs</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/how-to-put-cloudflare-in-front-of-a-vps-app-without-losing-client-ips/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/how-to-put-cloudflare-in-front-of-a-vps-app-without-losing-client-ips/</guid><description>Use Cloudflare in front of a Tako VPS app while preserving real visitor IPs for logs, rate limits, redirects, and upstream headers.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Self-Hosted WebSockets and Workflows Across Multiple VPS Servers with Postgres</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/self-hosted-websockets-workflows-multiple-vps-postgres/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/self-hosted-websockets-workflows-multiple-vps-postgres/</guid><description>Use postgres_url to share Tako channel replay and workflow state across multiple VPS servers instead of per-server SQLite.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Run a Full-Stack Next.js App on One $5 VPS: HTTPS, Jobs, WebSockets, and Images</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/full-stack-nextjs-app-one-5-vps-https-jobs-websockets-images/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/full-stack-nextjs-app-one-5-vps-https-jobs-websockets-images/</guid><description>Deploy a full-stack Next.js app to one cheap VPS with Tako: HTTPS, rolling deploys, workflows, WebSocket/SSE channels, and image optimization.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Much Traffic Can a $5 VPS Handle for Next.js, APIs, and Static Assets?</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/how-much-traffic-can-a-5-vps-handle-nextjs-apis-static-assets/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/how-much-traffic-can-a-5-vps-handle-nextjs-apis-static-assets/</guid><description>Use Tako&apos;s public proxy benchmark to build a practical traffic budget for Next.js pages, API routes, static files, and images on a small VPS.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tako vs Envoy, Caddy, HAProxy, and Nginx: HTTPS Proxy Benchmarks on a Small VPS</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/tako-vs-envoy-caddy-haproxy-nginx-https-proxy-benchmarks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/tako-vs-envoy-caddy-haproxy-nginx-https-proxy-benchmarks/</guid><description>Raw HTTPS proxy benchmarks for Tako, nginx, HAProxy, Envoy, and Caddy on one small 2 vCPU VPS.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Back Up Tako Apps to S3-Compatible Storage</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/back-up-tako-apps-to-s3-compatible-storage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/back-up-tako-apps-to-s3-compatible-storage/</guid><description>Configure Tako backups with private S3-compatible storage, encrypted archives, manual restores, and deploy-time snapshots for app data.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cloudflare Origin CA vs Let’s Encrypt for Self-Hosted HTTPS on a VPS</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/cloudflare-origin-ca-vs-lets-encrypt-vps-https/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/cloudflare-origin-ca-vs-lets-encrypt-vps-https/</guid><description>Compare Let’s Encrypt HTTP-01, Cloudflare DNS-01 wildcard certificates, and Cloudflare Origin CA for proxied Tako apps.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pingora Proxy Manager: Why Tako Is More Than a Reverse Proxy Dashboard</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/pingora-proxy-manager-tako-reverse-proxy-dashboard/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/pingora-proxy-manager-tako-reverse-proxy-dashboard/</guid><description>A Pingora proxy manager handles routes. Tako coordinates deploys, TLS, readiness, process state, and scale-to-zero in one app control plane.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is Pingora? The Rust Proxy Framework Behind Cloudflare and Tako</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/what-is-pingora-rust-proxy-framework/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/what-is-pingora-rust-proxy-framework/</guid><description>A plain-language guide to Pingora, Cloudflare&apos;s Rust proxy framework, and why Tako uses it to build programmable VPS app routing.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Caddy vs Traefik vs Nginx for VPS App Deployment</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/caddy-vs-traefik-vs-nginx-vps-app-deployment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/caddy-vs-traefik-vs-nginx-vps-app-deployment/</guid><description>Compare Caddy, Traefik, and Nginx for VPS app deployment, then see why Tako folds proxying, TLS, deploys, and process state together.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cloudflare Pingora Architecture Diagram: How Tako Routes Requests, TLS, and Cold 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VPS</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/how-to-host-wildcard-subdomains-with-automatic-https-on-a-vps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/how-to-host-wildcard-subdomains-with-automatic-https-on-a-vps/</guid><description>Run tenant-style wildcard subdomains on a VPS with Tako routes, Cloudflare DNS-01 credentials, DNS-only records, and automatic HTTPS.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Self-Hosted Next.js Image Optimization on a VPS</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/self-hosted-nextjs-image-optimization-vps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/self-hosted-nextjs-image-optimization-vps/</guid><description>Use next/image with Tako&apos;s self-hosted optimizer on a VPS: custom loader wiring, remote allowlists, WebP output, caches, and fallbacks.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Image Optimization for TanStack Start Apps on a VPS</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/image-optimization-for-tanstack-start-apps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/image-optimization-for-tanstack-start-apps/</guid><description>Optimize TanStack Start images on a VPS with Tako&apos;s public image endpoint, responsive srcsets, remote allowlists, and WebP output.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 13:26:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Open Source Cloudinary Alternative for Signed Image Resizing on a VPS</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/open-source-cloudinary-alternative-signed-image-resizing-vps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/open-source-cloudinary-alternative-signed-image-resizing-vps/</guid><description>Compare Cloudinary-style image transforms with Tako&apos;s self-hosted signed URLs, WebP/AVIF output, and app-owned cache policy.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 04:39:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Sidekiq Alternative for TypeScript Background 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Apps</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/self-hosted-deployments-over-tailscale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/self-hosted-deployments-over-tailscale/</guid><description>Tako keeps server management on private Tailscale HTTP and signs mutating RPCs with the SSH keys you already use for recovery.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 02:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Encrypted App Secrets in Git, Keys in iCloud</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/self-hosted-app-secrets-icloud-sync/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/self-hosted-app-secrets-icloud-sync/</guid><description>Tako lets you commit encrypted app secrets to git while decryption keys stay local, sync through iCloud Keychain, or move by export/import.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 04:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Open Source Vercel Alternative for Next.js Apps on a VPS</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/open-source-vercel-alternative-nextjs-vps/</link><guid 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No Dockerfile required.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 13:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Typed WebSocket Channels in TypeScript: Params, Auth, and Live Pub/Sub</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/typed-websocket-channels-in-typescript/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/typed-websocket-channels-in-typescript/</guid><description>Tako channels turn TypeBox params, auth, typed publish payloads, and browser WebSocket/SSE wiring into one TypeScript realtime model.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 05:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Deploy Next.js to a VPS Without Docker</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/how-to-deploy-nextjs-to-a-vps-without-docker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/how-to-deploy-nextjs-to-a-vps-without-docker/</guid><description>A literal walkthrough — provision a $5 VPS, point a domain, and ship a Next.js app to it with tako init + tako deploy. 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Tako on your own VPS, with Cloudflare optional in front.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Release Command: Database Migrations During tako deploy</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/the-release-command-database-migrations-during-deploy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/the-release-command-database-migrations-during-deploy/</guid><description>Tako now runs a one-shot release command on the leader server before the rolling update — the missing primitive for Prisma, Drizzle, and Rails migrations against a shared database.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Next.js instrumentation.ts meets initServerRuntime</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/tako-workflows-in-nextjs-via-instrumentation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/tako-workflows-in-nextjs-via-instrumentation/</guid><description>Drop a five-line instrumentation.ts into your Next.js app and Tako workflows, signals, and channel publishes light up inside routes and server actions — no ambient globals, no bootstrap glue.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tako vs PM2 + Nginx</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/tako-vs-pm2-and-nginx/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/tako-vs-pm2-and-nginx/</guid><description>PM2 + Nginx is the quiet default for self-hosted Node — a stack of four tools glued together with shell scripts. 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Tako skips Docker entirely. Here&apos;s how the two CLI deploy tools compare.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tako vs Fly.io: The Self-Hosted Edge</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/tako-vs-fly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/tako-vs-fly/</guid><description>Fly.io gives you a beautiful CLI and 30+ regions on their hardware. Tako gives you the same feel on your own boxes. 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Your own global edge network on hardware you own.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:51:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zero-Downtime Deploys Without a Container in Sight</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/zero-downtime-deploys-without-a-container-in-sight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/zero-downtime-deploys-without-a-container-in-sight/</guid><description>How Tako rolls out new versions with connection draining, health-checked readiness, and automatic rollback — all with native processes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your $5 VPS Is More Powerful Than You Think</title><link>https://tako.sh/blog/your-5-dollar-vps-is-more-powerful-than-you-think/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tako.sh/blog/your-5-dollar-vps-is-more-powerful-than-you-think/</guid><description>A $5 Hetzner box gives you 2 vCPUs, 4 GB RAM, and 20 TB bandwidth. 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