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Deborah Emeni
Deborah Emeni • 4th January 2026

Docker Build and Buildx best practices for optimized builds

Learn Docker Build and Buildx best practices, including multi-stage builds, caching, and optimizing Dockerfiles for better performance.
Docker Images
Docker
Daniel Adeboye
Daniel Adeboye • 1st January 2026

ECS (Elastic Container Service): deep dive and alternatives

Deep dive into Amazon ECS: explore its benefits, limitations, and top container orchestration alternatives. Discover why teams switch to platforms like Northflank for scalable, flexible deployments.
Docker Images
Docker
Kubernetes
Daniel Adeboye
Daniel Adeboye • 10th September 2025

What is container deployment? Benefits, how it works, and best practices.

Learn what container deployment is, how it works, its benefits, best practices, and how platforms like Northflank simplify running containers reliably at scale.
Container orchestration
Docker
Deborah Emeni
Deborah Emeni • 7th July 2025

6 best BentoML alternatives for self-hosted AI model deployment (2026)

Looking for BentoML alternatives? We compare 6 platforms for GPU scaling, self-hosted model deployment, and full-stack AI workloads, including tools with BYOC, CI/CD, and secure multi-tenancy.
CI/CD for Kubernetes
Docker
Software Architecture
Will Stewart
Will Stewart • 20th June 2025

7 best CapRover alternatives for Docker & Kubernetes app hosting in 2026

Northflank is the best CapRover alternative for teams needing a modern, production-ready deployment platform that goes beyond Docker and NGINX.
Docker
Kubernetes
Will Stewart
Will Stewart • 11th June 2025

How to deploy machine learning models: Step-by-step guide to ML model deployment in production

Deploying a machine learning model is the last, and hardest, step in the ML lifecycle. You’ve trained your model, tuned your hyperparameters, and now it’s time to move from experimentation to production.
AI
Development
Docker
Daniel Adeboye
Daniel Adeboye • 3rd June 2025

Kubernetes vs Docker: What you need to know in 2026

Docker builds containers, Kubernetes runs them at scale. Learn how they work together—and how tools like Northflank simplify both—for faster, scalable, cloud-native app development and deployment.
Kubernetes
Docker
Deborah Emeni
Deborah Emeni • 16th May 2025

Fly.io vs Render: How they handle jobs, scaling, and production workloads in 2026

Compare how Fly.io and Render handle background jobs, scaling, and production apps in 2026. See the key trade-offs, performance differences, and an alternative built for modern teams.
Internal Developer Platform
DevOps Engineering
Docker
Daniel Adeboye
Daniel Adeboye • 15th April 2025

Top 6 Fly.io alternatives in 2026

Fly.io is a great platform for global infrastructure and Docker-based workflows but has limitations in pricing, scalability, add-ons, and user-friendliness. Alternatives like Northflank, Render, and Vercel offer simpler, more predictable solutions.
Apps
CI/CD Tools
Databases
Docker
Deborah Emeni
Deborah Emeni • 13th April 2025

6 best Railway alternatives in 2026: Pricing, flexibility & BYOC

Looking for Railway alternatives that don’t rely on one-time credits, offer better control, and support BYOC? Here are 6 platforms like Northflank, Heroku, Render, DigitalOcean App Platform and Fly.io that let you deploy apps your way in 2026.
DevOps Engineering
Docker
Volumes
Internal Developer Platform

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