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Our products pack a punch when it comes to features and it would be easy to miss some of them. Here we post helpful tips & tricks about how to use our products & services.

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What is The Twelve‑Factor App Methodology?

Posted in February 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

The Twelve-Factor App methodology is a set of 12 best practices for building modern SaaS applications — created by Heroku engineers from patterns across thousands of production apps. This guide explains each factor (codebase, dependencies, config, backing services, build/release/run, processes, port binding, concurrency, disposability, dev/prod parity, logs, admin processes) with examples.

How to Implement Server Backups with AWS S3

Posted in January 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Learn how to build a complete S3 backup strategy for your servers — automated scripts, scheduling, lifecycle policies, verification, and how to deploy backup scripts with DeployHQ.

Deploying Drupal with Drush and DeployHQ

Posted in January 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Automate Drupal deployments with Drush and DeployHQ. Learn how drush deploy handles database updates, config imports, and cache rebuilds — plus how to write custom deploy hooks and set up push-to-deploy automation.

What are Feature Flags?

Posted in January 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Feature flags decouple shipping code from releasing features. Learn the 5 canonical use cases, common pitfalls, and how to start in your stack.

Deploy CraftCMS via DeployHQ on Hetzner Cloud

Posted in January 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Deploy Craft CMS to a Hetzner cloud server with automated zero-downtime deployments via DeployHQ. Step-by-step guide covering DDEV local development, server setup, Project Config workflow, and push-to-deploy automation.

What is a Build Script?

Posted in January 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Build scripts automate the steps between your source code and a running application — installing dependencies, compiling assets, running tests, and packaging the result. Learn how to write production-ready build scripts and integrate them with DeployHQ.

Code Review: The Dark Side

Posted in January 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Understand the fundamental aspect of code review. Explore its benefits and learn how to prevent it from becoming a tool for obstruction or personal agendas.