- Jul 24, 2024 — [Enumerating DigitalOcean Apps with a Deprecated Ubuntu 18 Stack](/2024/07/24/doctl-stack-deprecation-notice.html)

I use DigitalOcean to run a bunch of apps. It’s working out great.

- Jan 29, 2023 — [Backing up DigitalOcean MongoDB to Dropbox](/2023/01/29/backing-up-digital-ocean-mongodb-to-dropbox.html)

After migrating my apps to DigitalOcean apps I started looking for a MongoDB automated offsite backup solution. DO backs up all MongoDB daily automatically, but I am paranoid, a...

- Jan 15, 2023 — [Migrating from Dokku to DigitalOcean Apps](/2023/01/15/migrating-from-dokku-to-digital-ocean-apps.html)

In 2016 I moved half a dozen apps from Heroku to a DigitalOcean droplet to save money. I found dokku, a docker-powered PaaS. It was already quite mature, and worked flawlessly. ...

- Feb 15, 2016 — [Backing up MongoDB Databases in Dokku Containers to Dropbox](/2016/02/15/backing-up-mongodb-databases-in-dokku-containers-to-dropbox.html)

I’ve recently moved my Slack bots to Dokku running on DigitalOcean. The bots use local MongoDB database containers provided by the dokku-mongo plugin. Here’s the entire setup, f...

- Feb 8, 2016 — [Running Slack Bots on DigitalOcean with Dokku](/2016/02/08/running-slack-bots-on-digital-ocean-with-dokku.html)

Slack bot experimentation, especially for not-too-serious purposes, has become a little too expensive on Heroku. There’s no free tier for maintaining apps running 24/7, so the d...