The problem: I wanted the simplicity of Vercel's "push to deploy" workflow but needed to run databases, cronjobs, and long-running processes that serverless platforms don't support well.

The solution: DockerHoster uses nginx-proxy to automatically route traffic to Docker containers based on VIRTUAL_HOST. You just copy a GitHub Actions workflow and docker-compose.yml to any project, and it deploys automatically on push.

What makes it different: - Works with any language/framework (Next.js, Python, Rails, Go, etc.) - Full Docker ecosystem access (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, AI vector DBs, etc.) - No serverless limitations (cronjobs, SQLite, file system access all work) - Tested running 20+ sites on a 2GB RAM DigitalOcean droplet

I personally prefer Cloudflare for SSL because you need DNS anyway, and it gives you free DDoS protection and WAF. For complex projects with multiple services, this is actually simpler than Vercel since everything lives in one docker-compose.yml file.

It's open source and I don't think hosting yourself can get much simpler than this (besides using platforms like Vercel, but then you don't control your infrastructure).

GitHub: https://github.com/jaequery/dockerhoster

Would love feedback and happy to answer questions!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46709963

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if anyone wanna chat, stop by and/or hit me up on X!

Ever.chat brings that back, reimagined for today. No accounts, no invites, no servers, just type a hashtag and you’re in. Examples: #startups, #ai, #general.

Why: Discord and Slack made chat too closed. IRC was too technical. I wanted the simplicity of “/join #something” — but in one click.

Would love your thoughts, especially from folks who remember IRC, or have ideas on moderation + scaling open chatrooms.

https://ever.chat

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45761522

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I’m a former CTO who’s getting older and just wanted to build something fun again. So I vibe-coded TierBuddy, a tier list creator that’s simpler, sleeker, and has AI to auto-generate lists from a single prompt. It also has built-in image search and a UI that doesn’t get painful once you have 20+ items.

I haven't had much luck gaining traction from Show HN lately so if you can please upvote and leave a comment, that'd be much appreciated. Thanks!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45224243

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No more endless dragging and scrolling, the UX is simplified so even non-techies can use it.

You can search and add images directly inside the app, instead of downloading/uploading one by one.

Designed with streamers and content creators in mind: making a tier list on stream is fast and seamless.

It’s free, and we’re working on features to better support the creator economy (collaboration, monetization, etc.).

Would love feedback from the HN community on the UX and what features you’d want to see next.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45108708

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it's true, coding was easy with jQuery ...