https://dashcaddy.net/blog/ Self-hosting deep-dives, product updates, and practical guides to running your own infrastructure. en-us https://dashcaddy.net/blog/why-shipdeck-replaced-docker/ https://dashcaddy.net/blog/why-shipdeck-replaced-docker/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Docker was eating disk space with overlay filesystems and build caches, so we built ShipDeck — a single Go binary that replaces Docker, Docker Compose, and handwritten deploy scripts. No daemon, no layered filesystems, no bloat. https://dashcaddy.net/blog/https-for-homelab-should-be-invisible/ https://dashcaddy.net/blog/https-for-homelab-should-be-invisible/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Self-hosted apps deserve HTTPS too — but certbot, DNS challenges, and expired certificates turn a basic need into a maintenance chore. 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