06 · Resources
Infrastructure and cloud: hosting, operating, leaving SaaS
23 articles
Choose and price7 min
Kubernetes: when a mid-sized company does not need it
Kubernetes has become the standard for large platforms, and a given in many technical proposals. For a mid-sized company: what it really brings, what it costs to maintain, and the signs that say it is not yet time.
Choose and price8 min
Leaving SaaS: the real three-year cost for an SME
Before you drop a single subscription, you need to compare two full costs over three years, human hours included. Here is the method, line by line, and what the calculation does not see.
Choose and price7 min
Managed or self-hosted database: Postgres in production
PostgreSQL runs a good share of a company's tools, CRM included. Renting it managed from a provider or running it on your own server: what each option takes care of, what it leaves to the team, and the criteria that decide.
Practical guide7 min
Monitoring: knowing a service is down before customers do
An outage discovered by a customer costs twice: the lost service, and the trust. What monitoring should watch, from the outside as well as the inside, who should receive the alert, and how to avoid the one nobody reads any more.
Practical guide6 min
NIS2 in France: the law still not passed, what to do
Two years after the European deadline, the law that transposes NIS2 in France was again withdrawn from the National Assembly's agenda on 6 October 2026. Where the bill stands, who will be covered, and the measures that protect you now, whatever the date of the vote.
Practical guide9 min
Self-hosted n8n with Docker: what production requires
Installing n8n with Docker takes a few commands; making it hold up in production takes a handful of decisions. Database, encryption key, updates, telemetry and GDPR: what the n8n documentation says, and what our own operation adds.
Practical guide7 min
Backing up your own server: what really breaks
Everyone knows the 3-2-1 rule, but what loses data is more mundane: a backup never restored, a forgotten volume, a global clean-up command run in production. Here is what we learned from operating our own server.
Stepping back11 min
Sovereign cloud: can you do without the American giants?
European providers now hold only 15% of their own cloud market. Full sovereignty is out of reach; selective sovereignty starts with sorting your data and planning an exit.
Understand8 min
Stolen API keys: the overlooked risk of AI projects
An AI project multiplies API keys, and each one, once stolen, becomes a bill someone else runs up at your expense. Where they leak, how to limit the damage before the leak, and what to do in the first hour.
Practical guide7 min
Passwords: one password manager for the whole team
An "Access" spreadsheet, passwords sent over chat, a shared account nobody dares to change: a team password manager fixes all of it in one go. What it changes when someone joins or leaves, how to choose one, and where to start.
Practical guide7 min
Self-hosting: which tools to move out of SaaS first
Not all subscriptions are equal when it comes to self-hosting: some open-source tools are mature and easy to run, others need a real team. Here is the order we recommend, and what stays on SaaS.