[ydnaclementine]

Exactly. But I'd love to hear what the next step after dokku is. But maybe it's just moving the db to another, separate vps, and spinning up more instances of the service all pointing at that db instance, with all of that using dokku.

[pgm8705]

I'm of the opinion that a single VPS can take you a very long way. Once you get to the point where you've outgrown that model, you're likely making enough money where something like Digital Ocean App Platform, as another commenter suggested, would be money well spent.

[spiffytech]

One option is that Dokku can orchestrate k3s and Nomad. I don't know how well it works, but it sounds like it gives you the same simple ops interface with a clear incremental migration path to horizontal scaling.

[dbishai]

I’ve had pretty good experience with Digital Ocean’s App Platform. That’s how I’m hosting https://blogmate.io, a side project of mine.