Moving off a managed platform to host your Next.js app on a VPS: standalone Docker image, private registry, reverse proxy with automatic SSL and a homemade deploy pipeline.
A field report on four Next.js 16 traps in self-hosted deploys, the sneakiest being a build that goes green yet serves a page as a 404 in production.
A contact form is a public endpoint, so it's a target. The server-side defences worth stacking, and the story of a test bypass left running in production.
Field notes on a decoupled Strapi plus Next.js setup (public site and admin interface): the real benefits, the trade-offs, and when headless isn't worth it.
