Knowledge Base
Guides for Developers
Comparisons, tutorials, and deep-dives written by the team that builds Launchverse. No fluff, no SEO spam — if it's here, it's something we wish we'd read sooner.
- Comparison6 min read
The Vercel Alternative for Nigeria
Why USD billing, edge-only architecture and 'just use Vercel' don't always work for Nigerian teams — and what to use instead.
Read guide - Comparison7 min read
The Netlify Alternative for Nigerian Developers
Netlify is great until your card gets declined or you hit a function time limit. Here's a Naira-billed alternative.
Read guide - Tutorial5 min read
How to Deploy a React App Without a Credit Card
Step-by-step walkthrough to deploy any React app — Vite, CRA, or Next.js — to a public URL with HTTPS, no card required.
Read guide - Comparison9 min read
Free Hosting for Nigerian Developers in 2026
An honest look at the free tiers from Vercel, Netlify, Render, Fly, Railway, Cloudflare Pages and Launchverse.
Read guide - Comparison10 min read
Cloud Platforms for African Developers: A 2026 Guide
AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean, Fly, Hetzner, Launchverse — who actually bills locally, who has a region in Africa.
Read guide - Tutorial11 min read
Deploy a Next.js App on Launchverse Without Vercel
Step-by-step guide to deploy any Next.js 13/14/15/16 application on Launchverse — App Router, Server Actions, ISR, image optimisation.
Read guide - Tutorial7 min read
Provision a Managed Postgres Database on Launchverse
End-to-end guide to attaching a managed PostgreSQL database — internal connection strings, public access, backups, and credential rotation.
Read guide - Tutorial9 min read
How to Provision and Manage a Database on Launchverse
Provision Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, KeyDB, DragonFly, or Clickhouse in under a minute — connect, expose publicly, schedule backups, restore, and rotate credentials.
Read guide - Tutorial6 min read
Schedule Cron Jobs on Launchverse
Run background tasks, daily backups, and queue workers using Launchverse's built-in scheduler. Includes cron syntax cheatsheet and pitfalls.
Read guide - Tutorial4 min read
Set Up Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on Launchverse
Enable TOTP-based 2FA for your account in under two minutes. Available on every plan including Free.
Read guide - Tutorial5 min read
Set Up a Custom Domain on Launchverse with Free HTTPS
Connect any domain — .com, .ng, .io, .africa — to your Launchverse project. DNS records, automatic HTTPS, and the apex-domain trap.
Read guide - Concept8 min read
Production Observability Without Datadog
Logs, metrics, and deploy reliability for small teams without enterprise tooling. The four signals that matter and how Launchverse exposes them.
Read guide - Comparison9 min read
Postgres vs MongoDB in 2026: Which Database Should You Pick?
An opinionated comparison covering schema, scaling, ecosystem, ORM support, and the cost story.
Read guide - Concept7 min read
Self-Hosted vs Managed Databases: When to Run Your Own
What 'managed' actually buys you in 2026 — backups, replicas, point-in-time recovery, and pager hours.
Read guide - Concept7 min read
Zero-Downtime Deployments on a Modern PaaS
Deploy to production without dropping a single user request. Blue/green, rolling, and connection-draining strategies, plus the migration trap.
Read guide - Concept6 min read
Redis: When to Use It, When to Skip It, and What to Run Instead
When Redis genuinely earns its keep, when it's overkill, and what alternatives — DragonFly, KeyDB, just Postgres — might serve you better.
Read guide - Concept7 min read
Web App Firewall, HTTPS, and Egress Allowlists Explained
What a WAF actually does, why HTTPS-only is non-negotiable, and how an egress allowlist hardens your application against credential theft.
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Dockerfile vs Buildpack vs Nixpacks: Which Should You Use?
When to write a Dockerfile, when to let Buildpacks figure it out, and what Nixpacks gets right. A practical 2026 guide.
Read guide - Tutorial8 min read
Auto-Deploy from GitHub on Launchverse
Push to main and your application rebuilds and ships automatically. Branch-based environments, preview URLs, and rollback strategy.
Read guide - Tutorial9 min read
Migrate from Heroku to Launchverse: Step-by-Step in 2026
A pragmatic guide to moving an application off Heroku — buildpacks, dynos, addons, Postgres, and the gotchas around config vars, ephemeral filesystem, and SSL.
Read guide - Reference8 min read
Environment Variables and Secrets on a Modern PaaS
Build-time vs runtime, NEXT_PUBLIC vs server-only, rotation strategy, and the .env file you should never commit.
Read guide - Concept8 min read
Scaling Web Apps in 2026: Vertical vs Horizontal, Honestly
When to scale up (more CPU/RAM on one container) vs scale out (more containers behind a load balancer). What actually breaks at each tier.
Read guide - Reference9 min read
Database Backups and Point-in-Time Recovery in 2026
What to back up, how often, where to store backups, and — most importantly — how to verify they restore.
Read guide - Tutorial9 min read
Send Transactional Emails from a Launchverse App
How to wire signups, receipts, and password reset emails — SMTP, Resend, Postmark, and the SPF/DKIM/DMARC records that keep mail out of spam.
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PR Preview Deployments on Launchverse: How They Work
Every open pull request gets its own isolated environment, its own URL, its own lifecycle — here's what's isolated from production, how teardown works, and when to give a preview its own database.
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Rollback and Promote Deployments: The Operator's Playbook
How rollback, promote-to-production, and auto-rollback work on Launchverse — when each one is the right tool, what they cost in build minutes, and the health-probe configuration that drives auto-rollback.
Read guide - Tutorial7 min read
Navigating the Launchverse Dashboard: An Operator's Tour
Where everything lives in the Launchverse dashboard — Overview, Deployments, Previews, Resources, Domains, Environment, Observability, Security, Settings. What each tab is actually for.
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Production Incident Response on Launchverse: A 10-Minute Playbook
A practical playbook for the first 10 minutes of a production incident on Launchverse — cancel a bad deploy mid-flight, roll back, read the right log, confirm green.
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