2025-04-27 – 20:10-20:35 (Africa/Abidjan), Barn
You're finally done building your super awesome world-changing python project and now you want to get it out there. Where do you start? DIY? Premium Services? In this talk I will cover 5 different ways to deploy Python and when you should use them. Whether you have a small hobby site that you want to deploy on the cheap, or have a big project you expect to scale, we will discuss all the things you need to consider when deploying Python. I will present a matrix of decision vectors (complexity, reliability, scale, cost, fun) and how each approach stacks up and examples and references of each.
The approaches included in this talk will be:
Self-managed (self-hosted) VPS using native ubuntu – This approach is best suited for hobby sized or small to medium projects where the primary deciding factor is either cost or learning.
Self-managed VPS hosting with Docker – This approach is also suitable for small projects but having to install and manage docker containers introduces additional complexity, though that complexity may be useful once you need to scale.
Serverless using AWS Lambda – This approach can be cost effective for small to medium projects, but the complexity may not be worth it for hobby sized projects.
Serverless using Kubernetes – This is a very complex approach but is likely the best way to affordably scale to planet scale.
Premium services like Vercel or Render – This approach is great for some projects but not for all. I will cover the when and when not to consider using premium services.
Mike Van Winkle has been an infrastructure engineer for 15 years. He began his career as a web dev but quickly found he loved hosting websites as much as building them. He was the 3rd engineer hired at WP Engine and helped them scale from 100 servers to over 10,000 servers. For the past six years he has been working at Sonos and helping their cloud handle requests from over 30 million devices worldwide.