Deployment

Railway vs Render for a real SaaS - pricing model, managed Postgres/Redis, background workers, and DX - with a clear verdict on which PaaS to choose.

Use Next.js `output: standalone` to build a minimal self-contained app and ship a much smaller Docker image - with the config, a Dockerfile runner stage, and common gotchas.

A battle-tested multi-stage Next.js Dockerfile - deps, build, and a slim non-root runner with standalone output - explained stage by stage, with the common gotchas.

Every way to deploy Next.js - Vercel, Netlify, full-stack PaaS, Docker self-host, and static export - with a comparison table and how to choose for your app.

Build a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions - trigger on push, run install/test/build, deploy a Docker image, and store credentials as encrypted secrets.

Deploy a Node.js app to production - prepare env vars, containerize with Docker, run on a PaaS or your own server, and add health checks and logs - with a production checklist.

A production guide to Dockerizing Next.js - multi-stage Dockerfile, standalone output, env handling, and a slim non-root image you can deploy anywhere.