I’ve been working on this for nearly two years. I originally aimed to complete it before my son was born, but he’s now 16 months old. Go figure. Seems like writing a book is harder than it looks. My original motivation was to write something I would want to read since most resources I found on self-hosting were either too shallow, lacked real-world examples like code, or didn’t fully address the knowledge gaps I kept running into.
The book starts with the basics and builds up to covering the full infrastructure stack, with the goal of understanding the system as a whole and eventually deploying on Kubernetes. Kubernetes is a major focus but the content can be applied to any environment. I can't express this clearly, but you should probably check the sample "Jobs and CronJobs" section to get an idea. There’s also a section on best practices, tips, and practical details based on things I’ve run into myself.
It is available for free including the PDF and the code blocks. Yet, you are welcome to pay what you want.
Congratulations on completing the book!
Thank you. It was the hardest thing I've ever did by far.
Congratulations, that's an impressive achievement. I've successfully evaded learning anything about Kubernetes this far, but I guess this is a good opportunity to see what I've been missing.
> PDF optimized for on-screen technical reading
PDF isn't optimized for that, like now, reading the article a phone, I couldn't properly check out a chapter because PDF is awful in optimizing itself for a smaller screen
what is the operating screen, the app you reading on and the model of the phone ?
Thank you so much for such a useful book, I really appreciate what you did! But please add alternative payment methods to thank you, I don't trust leaving credit card details on third-party services
Let me add that and come back to you.
What if I want a hard copy? Are you working with a printer? That would revenue.
I talked with several publishers. It seems a 750-page, high-quality printed book just isn’t economically viable these days.
So why not break it up into smaller bits? You could probably do that fairly easily with an LLM - I get that you don't want AI slop, but this would be more about helping you structure it into more publishable sizes/topics and would be your words.
Had to search but it seems that lulu allows 800 pages so your book can fit just right in
There are definitely some other publishers like No Starch Press who might help ya as well.
Thanks for making it optionally free! I'm going to download it now for 0, check it out, and if I like it, I'll go back and buy it for $50
Thank you.
I have downloaded the book (and thanks for making it free!), I will really love to read this book when I get into college/have more spare-time
Thanks for creating this book!
sounds like some nice light reading, thank you