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Best alternatives to Heroku in 2026

Heroku pioneered the shape of what a small team expects from a hosting platform. Push code to Git, get a running app, add a Postgres or a Redis with one command, worry about the product rather than the infrastructure. That shape has since become the industry default, but the platform that invented it has been steadily losing teams since the 2022 when the free-tier was removed, by 2026 much of the ecosystem seems to have moved on. This post walks through several platforms that are worth consideri

I built 42 landing page templates as single HTML files (no npm, no build step)

I got tired of downloading a "simple landing page template" and finding a 400 MB folder with npm, a build step, a config file and three CSS frameworks I never asked for. So we built the opposite: templates that are one single HTML file. All the CSS in a <style> tag, all the JS inline. No frameworks, no CDNs, no build step, no dependencies. You open the file, you edit the text, you upload it anywhere. It works offline. Take it, no signup, no email wall: 👉 Free coming-soon template (live demo + d

Explore the DjangoCon US 2026 Speaker Lineup and Reserve Your Spot

DjangoCon US 2026 is just around the corner, and now is the perfect time to start planning your conference experience. Our speaker lineup is now available, featuring talks from Django contributors, maintainers, educators, and community members covering everything from web development and APIs to deployment, security, testing, AI, and the future of the Django ecosystem. Whether you're attending your first DjangoCon US or returning to reconnect with friends and colleagues, you'll find opportunitie

Building Service Topology at Scale: Architecture, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

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Lobste.rs is now running on SQLite

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‘Asia's cleanest village’ bans tourists on Sundays

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US continues to shun Ebola-infected citizens; second American sent to Germany

The man is said to be doing well in a Frankfurt hospital.