Cloud 66 Blog

Scaling is about more than handling traffic spikes. This post breaks down the architectural and operational decisions that help applications grow reliably, from stateless services and database performance to load balancing and auto-scaling.

Kelley Schultz

Your app is live. Great. Now comes the part where production starts stress-testing every shortcut, assumption, and “temporary fix” you quietly shipped three sprints ago. This guide walks through the realities of running applications in production, from monitoring and logging to alerting, backups, scaling, and operational complexity. Learn how modern teams reduce firefighting, improve visibility, and keep systems stable without drowning in dashboards, alerts, or YAML-fueled chaos. Plus, a look at how platforms like Cloud 66 help simplify production operations without hiding your infrastructure behind a black box.

Kelley Schultz

We shipped cascading replication for PostgreSQL, MySQL and Redis on Cloud 66 - a feature the database has supported natively for over a decade. The interesting question is not why we built it, but why it took us this long. The answer is the most interesting thing that has changed about building software in the last eighteen months.

Vic van Gool

Your app is deployed, but can it handle real users? This step covers the cloud setup behind your application, from servers and networking to scaling and security, so things don’t fall apart under pressure.

Kelley Schultz

Heroku is in sustaining mode. Here's an honest comparison of the best alternatives in 2026 — Render, Fly.io, Railway, Cloud 66, and more — with real pricing for a typical production setup.

Kash Sajadi