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Webinar: How to Cut Cloud Costs by 2–3x (Case Study)

Hostman — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:36:06 +0000

📆 July 23, 11 AM EDT / 5 PM CEST
🎙 Featuring: Maxim Mošarović (CEO, Whitespots.io) & Ilya Arancev (Head of BD, Hostman)

What we’ll discuss:

Migration from DigitalOcean to Hostman: reasons, expectations, and reality with numbers.
Common cloud pain points: unclear billing, unpredictable pricing, and weak support.
How to turn two for you: reduce cloud costs and improve security.

Who this is for:

CTOs, DevOps engineers, and startup founders aiming to optimize cloud infrastructure and simplify their stack — no fluff, just actionable results and frameworks.

Why it matters

This isn’t a generic “best practices” talk — it’s a real migration with numbers and impact. You'll walk away with insights you can apply immediately.

Details & Registration

Format: 45-minute presentation + live Q&A
Platform: Zoom (registration required, reminders sent 1 hr before)
Free to attend.

👉 Register here

Unified Search in Control Panel – Navigate Instantly Across Services & Docs | Hostman

Hostman — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:15:21 +0000

Unified Search Now Available in Hostman’s Control Panel

We're excited to introduce a unified search bar that takes you directly to your service or documentation in seconds, enabling you to streamline your workflows.

We are evolving our UI to reduce friction and keep developers in their flow. With our latest update, Hostman delivers a similarly streamlined experience — now, you have global search directly in your panel.

Here’s how it works

Open your Control Panel and press ⌘/Ctrl + K, or click the search field.
Type anything — e.g., your server name, database label, or IP address (e.g., “db‑prod‑1” or “192.168.10.5”).
Instantly get a unified list:

matching services (with configurations),

network info (e.g., IPs),

and relevant docs (like "Manage Load Balancer").

Refine results using the Tab key — toggle between Services and Documentation. Use the arrow keys to navigate through results, and hit Enter to open.

Why this matters

It keeps you focused — no need to remember navigation paths or hunt for docs.
Mobile-ready UI — pick and jump, even on your phone.
Filters and shortcuts are simple and efficient.

Explore the search feature in your Control Panel — we’d love to hear how this fits into your routine.

Interactive Cloud Infrastructure Scheme | Hostman

Hostman — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:28:24 +0000

Introducing the Cloud Infrastructure Scheme

If you are tired of sketching your clouds and VMs in Miro, draw.io, or Figma to understand all your infrastructure, we hear you — that ends now.

We are thrilled to announce a brand new feature — an infrastructure scheme that provides a fully synchronized, interactive map of your entire infrastructure. And it's free, with no extra cost or hidden fees — just clarity and care.

What you can do

With this feature, you can:

View all project services — cloud servers, databases, S3 buckets, Kubernetes clusters, and load balancers.
Navigate instantly — use an auto-generated master map, customizable to your needs.
Organize visually — group resources in private networks, show traffic paths, or add custom blocks and comments, just like in Figma.
Zoom, go full screen, and lock layouts — navigate with ease and precision.

Every element displays its live status, region, resource specifications, and, for active incidents or maintenance, relevant alerts. The map isn't just pretty; it's operationally valuable.

How it works

We've built an infrastructure scheme using React Flow with custom improvements. Here's how it works:

Metadata only on the server: positions, connections, comments — while live resource data (status, specs, region) is fetched directly from the front-end store.
Live resource data is fetched on the client, ensuring freshness and avoiding data drift.
Efficient editing through a debounced 1–2 second delay — your edits are batched, editing remains smooth, and server load stays low.
Safe loading: If the system detects missing or inconsistent data at load time, editing is paused to prevent broken layouts or errors.

The result

With Hostman's infrastructure scheme, your infrastructure becomes alive: interactive, clean, and reliable. You get instant insight into how everything is wired without managing diagrams manually. It's not just about seeing your setup; it's about understanding it.

Next steps

The scheme already helps to understand how the infrastructure works. The next step is to transform it into a management tool. Our plans to transform this feature include:

Ability to create drafts of schemes — to assemble the infrastructure like a constructor, to design connections, areas of responsibility, and structure. Then, we can deploy everything with one click, eliminating the need to switch between sections and manually create resources.
New types of elements: pseudo-blocks for APIs, third-party services, and even physical servers. This will enable you to create a diagram that reflects not only the cloud but also the entire project.
Display modes: statuses and characteristics will be important in some contexts, while only the general structure will matter in others. You will be able to switch between levels of detail and customize visibility to your preference.

We aim to make the infrastructure scheme a fundamental resource, eliminating the need for everyone to track every detail or rely on outdated diagrams and screenshots.

Ready to try it?

Log in to Hostman, navigate to your project, choose the Infrastructure scheme tab, and let the platform generate your infrastructure map. It's now available to all users for free, with no additional fee.

How to Migrate a PostgreSQL Database to Another Server

Hostman — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:44:54 +0000

When working with PostgreSQL, you might eventually need to transfer a database from one server to another. Despite seeming complex, PostgreSQL migration can be accomplished using PostgreSQL's built-in tools.

This article outlines various methods to transfer a PostgreSQL database from one server to another on Ubuntu 22.04.

https://hostman.com/tutorials/how-to-migrate-a-postgresql-database/

How to Create and Deploy a Preact Application on Hostman

Hostman — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 13:21:50 +0000

Preact is a popular choice for building lightweight, high-performance web applications, especially when developers want a React-like experience with a smaller footprint.

In this article, we will discuss a quick way to deploy a Preact application and run it in the cloud environment. We will go step by step through all the stages, from the initial project setup to cloud deployment.

https://hostman.com/tutorials/how-to-create-and-deploy-a-preact-application-on-hostman-app-platform/

What we will cover:

Preact vs React
Setting Up the Development Environment
Installing Node.js and npm
Quick Start with Vite (optional but convenient)
Manual Setup (Alternative Option)
Deployment with Hostman App Platform
Expanding Preact Functionality
Working with Routing and State
Preact Signals: An Alternative Approach to State
Optimizing and Speeding Up Preact Application Load
Code Splitting and Lazy Loading in Preact
Additional Tips
Possible Errors When Migrating from Preact to React

Creating a Web Application Using Python Flask

Hostman — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:04:05 +0000

Flask is a minimalist Python web framework that gives developers full control and flexibility to build scalable apps quickly, with a simple core and rich ecosystem of extensions.

In this tutorial, we walk through how to build a simple yet powerful app for user authentication and registration using the Python framework Flask.

Here’s what we covered:

✅ Setting up the project structure and connecting a SQLite database to store user data
✅ Building and styling HTML forms for login and registration with CSS
✅ Writing Python logic with decorators to handle user input, process credentials, and interact with the database
✅ Implementing feedback messages so users know whether their actions were successful or need a retry

Check out the full tutorial here https://hostman.com/tutorials/creating-a-web-application-using-python-flask/

NoSQL Databases Explained: Types, Use Cases & Core Characteristics

Hostman — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:24:44 +0000

In today’s data-driven world, traditional relational databases (SQL) are no longer the only solution for storing and managing data. NoSQL databases have emerged as a powerful alternative, offering flexibility, scalability, and high performance for modern applications.

This article explores the fundamentals of NoSQL databases, their key advantages, and the different types available. We’ll compare NoSQL with traditional SQL databases, discuss when to choose NoSQL, and provide practical recommendations for implementation. By the end, you’ll have a clear understanding of how NoSQL can benefit your projects.

Table of Contents

NoSQL vs SQL: Relational and Non-Relational Databases
Key Features and Advantages of NoSQL
Main Types of NoSQL Databases
Document-Oriented Databases
Key-Value Stores
Graph Databases
Columnar Databases
Full-Text Databases (OpenSearch)
When to Choose NoSQL?
Practical Recommendations

https://hostman.com/blog/nosql-databases-explained/

Top AI Coding Tools in 2025: Best Models for Developers & Programmers

Hostman — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:42:20 +0000

AI is transforming how we code, and Hostman’s latest article breaks down the best AI coding tools of 2025, including pros, cons, and a handy comparison table!

Smarter Code Assistants
Auto-Debugging – AI that predicts & fixes bugs
Cloud IDEs with AI – Real-time collaboration & suggestions
AI-Optimized DevOps – Smarter CI/CD pipelines

Save time, reduce errors, and boost productivity with these cutting-edge tools!

Check out the full comparison: https://hostman.com/blog/top-ai-coding-tools-in-2025/

Which AI tool do you rely on?

Developing an HTTP Client in Go: From Installation to First Requests

Hostman — Fri, 30 May 2025 13:00:47 +0000

In this 27-min read article, we will help developers who are new to Go and REST APIs build their first HTTP client. We will start with the basics and progress to more advanced topics, such as sending different types of HTTP requests, handling responses, and automating requests. Additionally, we will explore practical examples and best practices to help you create secure and reliable HTTP clients.

https://hostman.com/tutorials/developing-an-http-client-in-go/

Database Connection in Python, Go, and JavaScript

Hostman — Thu, 29 May 2025 14:17:44 +0000

Databases are an essential part of almost any project today. Database interactions are especially familiar to system and database administrators, DevOps/SRE professionals, and software developers. While administrators typically deploy one or multiple database instances and configure the necessary connection parameters for applications, developers need to connect directly to the database within their code. This article explores how to connect to databases using different programming languages.

We will provide examples for connecting to MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, and ClickHouse databases using Python, Go, and JavaScript.

https://hostman.com/tutorials/database-connection-in-python-go-and-javascript/

How to Use Git Tags for Reliable Versioning and Releases

Hostman — Wed, 28 May 2025 20:04:47 +0000

Git has been around for almost 20 years, yet it remains the most popular distributed version control system. It is best known for GitHub, the largest remote Git repository where developers store their code, document changes, and save previous versions. To help manage versions efficiently, Git provides special markers called tags. This article will explore what Git tags are and how to use them.

https://hostman.com/tutorials/working-with-git-tags/