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Biting the Docker/Caprover Bullet I’ve only ever deployed things the easiest possible ways. For me, that has meant Django on heroku, basic python/flask serverlessly on vercel, and static (custom or Hugo) on Netlify/Cloudflare Pages. But - being a devout hater of javascript, and wanting to stand up more complicated, multi-service applications, I knew the day would come when I would need to sit down and reckon with Docker. I theoretically understand the value of docker, but my god is it a pain in the ass to learn....

Day 88! Struggled yesterday and this morning to get my terrible MVP online. Actually, it’s not even an MVP. It’s really a proof of concept, if barely that. But Y Combinator says if it’s not shit, you waited too long to ship. So F it. Tried sticking it up on Vercel’s python runtime through a basic Flask app, but should’ve realized that the limits and timeouts relating to a serverless function architecture wouldn’t be the easiest way to get it up and running....