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Posts from the team behind fortrabbit on PHP hosting, Craft CMS and Laravel deployment, platform changes and running a bootstrapped company since 2012.

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2026 41

  1. Platform updates, October 2026
  2. PHP2Shell post mortem
  3. New platform prices November 2026
  4. 10 impolite websites practices, number 5 will shock you
  5. The deploy file is here
  6. Testing the new platform's performance
  7. Platform updates, September 2026
  8. On TUI design patterns
  9. MCP, CLI and API are here
  10. Platform updates, August 2026
  11. Legal
  12. Introducing FindHost, a register of hosting providers
  13. Platform updates, July 2026
  14. Workflows
  15. Logs now available in the browser
  16. Use cases
  17. APM for PHP landscape in 2026
  18. Platform updates, June 2026
  19. Trust center
  20. How and why we moved our knowledge base from Notion to Markdown
  21. New platform now available in US
  22. MySQL 8.4 upgrade plan
  23. Platform updates, May 2026
  24. Why we don't do 1-click installers
  25. Us against them as a spectator from the sidelines
  26. Build the web you want to see
  27. fortrabbit agent skills — early preview
  28. Platform updates, April 2026
  29. Alternatives
  30. The story of our new ENV vars edit experience
  31. Autoscaling now available
  32. PHP hosting
  33. Software
  34. Solutions
  35. Company
  36. Cold outreach
  37. PHP 8.5
  38. Vibe coding an RSS feed - how hard can it be?
  39. Essential metrics are here
  40. Frank at SaaS Unbound Podcast
  41. How to detect and fix a hacked PHP website

2025 17

  1. Small team, big ideas
  2. New platform public BETA
  3. Goodbye and hello
  4. Modern PHP monoliths
  5. Headless PHP
  6. Deploying Laravel on fortrabbit
  7. Chromopoly
  8. Building websites in the age of AI
  9. Growing ANAME / ALIAS support
  10. Vertical browser tab challenges
  11. Craft CMS CVE 2025-32432
  12. PHP 8.4
  13. Improving DX for executing scripts
  14. Web hosting and open source
  15. Yes, we rewrite
  16. How we hire
  17. Billing provider research

2024 12

  1. Looking for the perfect infra provider
  2. 3 ways to reset the Craft CMS control panel password
  3. A web hosting control panel with a social network you say?
  4. Support driven development
  5. Action-oriented UX
  6. On horizontal scaling
  7. PHP & JS?
  8. How we chose our new frontend stack
  9. On technical limits
  10. PHP 8.3
  11. Craft CMS CVE-2023-41892
  12. The tyranny of inconsistent keyboard shortcuts

2023 8

  1. Post mortem September maintenance
  2. September 2023 updates
  3. Why a GUI and not a CLI
  4. Image processing in Craft CMS with the Image Toolbox plugin
  5. MySQL 8 upgrades
  6. Mission statement 2023
  7. PHP 8.2
  8. User account management with Craft CMS

2022 8

  1. Testing Craft CMS sites with Pest
  2. PHP 7.4 support to end some day
  3. Opinionated Craft CMS 4 upgrade guide
  4. Frontend testing for Craft CMS
  5. New features at fortrabbit
  6. PHP 8.1
  7. PHP 7.3 support to end soon
  8. Things to know about fast Craft CMS websites

2021 8

  1. PHP 8.0.12
  2. Craft Nitro 2 first look: How to quickly set up a local Craft CMS dev site
  3. Image processing services intro
  4. MySQL 8 upgrade plan
  5. About a recent security patch
  6. Working with geographic features and spatial data in MySQL 8
  7. PHP 8
  8. Meanwhile at fortrabbit

2020 14

  1. Composer 2 is about to land on fortrabbit
  2. MySQL with JSON in Laravel
  3. Let's Encrypt root certificate change
  4. Craft Copy 1.0 released
  5. PHP 7.2 support to end soon
  6. MySQL 8 is now available for Pro Apps
  7. A first look at the new Craft Nitro development tool
  8. Privacy Shield considered obsolete, possible impacts on our hosting platform
  9. Quickly set up a local Craft CMS dev site with the DDEV development tool
  10. Tools for PHP development — local dev site setup
  11. Craft CMS SEOmatic exploit info
  12. Covid-19 info for clients
  13. PHP 7.4 and other updates
  14. The story of our new invoice number format

2019 7

  1. Deploy to fortrabbit with GitHub Actions
  2. FLImageMagick issues 2019-03-04The backstory of a week of ImageMagick trouble on the platform: what broke in image transformations, and what was done about it.
  3. Patch updates ahead
  4. FLUnder the hood updates 2019-05-28A large internal platform update focused on stability, security and groundwork, with the timing and downtime to expect per app.
  5. PHP 7.1 is slowly fading out
  6. FLPost mortem for `Under the hood updates` 2019-06-28A post mortem of the 2019 under-the-hood update: a global operating system upgrade that did not go as planned, and why.
  7. FLimageMagick patch 2 2019-08-16A second ImageMagick patch rolls out across the platform, with the rundown of timing and the downtime to expect for Uni and Pro apps.

2018 11

  1. FLMy favorite Facebook bot designs 2018-01-08A collection of Facebook reaction bots found on hosted sites, and the accidental brutalist beauty of their interfaces.
  2. OSYour responsibility: App security 2018-03-28Ultimately, you are responsible for your code and as well for the 3rd party code you rely on.
  3. FLYes, we love open source 2018-07-30Props to the OSS communities and highlighting some of our open source contributions.
  4. FLfortrabbit is GDPR ready 2018-04-16GDPR is here. Wat is changing for our clients, what not, why and when.
  5. FLHello Teutonic CSS 2018-08-02Teutonic CSS, an open-source CSS framework grown out of the stylesheet behind fortrabbit, and the thinking that shaped it.
  6. OSIntroducing Upper 2018-08-16Upper is an open-source Craft CMS plugin that wires a pull CDN — Cloudflare, Fastly, KeyCDN — into the CMS as an edge cache.
  7. FLOn upcoming PHP deadlines 2018-09-06PHP 5.6 and PHP 7.0 deadlines: Why is so much old PHP around? What we will do!
  8. ESPHP 7.2 upgrade path 2018-09-19Security support for PHP 5.6 and 7.0 ends in December 2019. The minimum-effort route to move an app to PHP 7.2 before then.
  9. ESTesting code for PHP 7 2018-09-19Run automated compatibility checks against PHP 7.2 before switching a live app, and catch the breaking changes ahead of time.
  10. OSIntroducing Craft Copy 2018-11-01Craft Copy, an open-source command line tool that syncs code, assets and the database between a local Craft CMS and fortrabbit.
  11. FLPHP 5.6 & PHP 7.0 EOL FAQ 2018-12-14What else you need to know about the upcoming EOL of the two PHP versions 5.6 and 7.0.

2017 16

  1. UKMySQL Backups for Pro Apps 2017-02-14Automated MySQL backups become bookable for Professional Apps, after the feature shipped with the Plus plan on Universal Apps.
  2. UKPHP 7.1 is here 2017-02-15PHP 7.1 becomes available for all Universal and Professional Apps, after a waiting period to rule out early release bugs.
  3. UKMastering HTTP Caching 2017-02-24Which HTTP response headers a CDN edge cache actually reads, how they interact, and how to use them without breaking a dynamic site.
  4. FLOld App migration program 2017-03-20We are manually moving many Old Apps to Universal Apps to avoid downtime and data loss for stragglers.
  5. UKDeploying code with rsync 2017-04-03Learn how to use rsync from the command line to deploy code changes (to our Universal Apps) incredibly fast.
  6. FLUniversal App pricing V2 is here 2017-05-11Universal App plans get reworked five months after launch: the entry plan goes, the middle plan takes its price, a top plan arrives.
  7. UKPlatform updates 2017-06-14The update to the latest PHP versions caused a some downtime yesterday.
  8. FLIntroducing the 'client invite' 2017-06-15The client invite hands billing for an app to the client, instead of sharing logins or asking for their credit card details.
  9. FLHow we do transactional e-mails 2017-06-22Our real-live practices on auto-generated client e-mail communication.
  10. FLMarket overview: Domain services for developers 2017-07-18An opinionated field guide on developer-friendly domain hosting services.
  11. OSWe are a Craft Hosting Partner 2017-07-25fortrabbit becomes one of the first official Craft CMS hosting partners, after three years of hosting Craft projects on the platform.
  12. FLMarket overview: CDN services 2017-08-03An opinionated field guide to developer-friendly CDN services, with pay-as-you-go pricing that finally fits medium-sized projects.
  13. FLMarket overview: video hosting for business 2017-08-14An opinionated field guide to video encoding and hosting services, and when outsourcing video beats serving it from the web server.
  14. FLTransactional e-mails market overview 2017-09-21What transactional email services are for — confirmations, invoices, password resets — and which providers are worth a look.
  15. FLHow to get good support 2017-10-18Read, search, ask — how to write a support request that gets a useful answer quickly, and what makes hosting support slow down.
  16. FLMarket overview: Email services for business and private 2017-10-30An opinionated field guide to email hosting providers, for teams whose PHP host deliberately does not run their mailboxes.

2016 20

  1. FLIs PaaS dead? 2016-01-13Is PaaS dead? Trends, pivots and troubles in PHP cloud hosting in 2015, seen from inside one of the companies competing in it.
  2. FLE-commerce in 2016 2016-01-06A look at PHP e-commerce software in 2016, for the developers and entrepreneurs still building custom shops against Amazon.
  3. OSNew Worker Component released 2016-01-20The Worker component moves long-running background tasks out of the web request, so customer-facing responses stay fast.
  4. FLThat bounced payment 2016-01-28One complicated support ticket about a bounced payment, printed almost in full — on privacy over convenience and disaster communication.
  5. FLfortrabbit just launched in the US 2016-02-24fortrabbit opens a US East data center location for new apps, and adds billing in US dollars alongside the euro.
  6. WFLWhy we don't do Add-Ons 2016-02-29Insights why we will not offer an Add-On program soon and what we have instead
  7. FLObject Storage launched 2016-04-21An integrated S3-compatible object storage for uploads, runtime data and static assets, easier to set up than S3 itself.
  8. FLHTTP/2 reality check 2016-05-09HTTP/2 promised faster delivery. What measurements on a real PHP hosting platform actually showed, and where the gains went.
  9. FLRemote SSH execution is here 2016-06-01Remote SSH execution runs artisan and other framework commands directly on the environment, without a tunnel and a special config.
  10. FLFile-based CMS overview 2016-06-07Thoughts on flat file CMS and static site generators, mostly PHP-related.
  11. FLTLS free launched 2016-06-15Free SSL certificates for custom domains via Let's Encrypt are here now.
  12. FLMission statement 2016 2016-06-27Four years of PHP cloud hosting: what New Apps changed, where the company stands, and what the next year is meant to bring.
  13. FLIntroducing a better domain handling 2016-07-12Domain setup on fortrabbit gets a clearer interface and a forwarding service for naked domains, following free HTTPS via Let's Encrypt.
  14. FLIntroducing password authentication + dynamic help 2016-07-21Password authentication as an alternative to SSH keys, plus documentation code examples that fill in real values while logged in.
  15. FLThe new stack chooser 2016-08-04Pick a framework or CMS when creating an app and fortrabbit sets the matching configuration — no one-click installer, but a running start.
  16. FLSneak peek 2016-08-22What comes after the mission statement: a new hobby line alongside professional hosting, and the migration path for Old App owners.
  17. OFLOur Drupal 8 install guide took 540 days 2016-08-25Why a Drupal 8 install guide took 540 days to write, and what the delay says about writing hosting documentation for a moving target.
  18. FLDashboard improvements 2016-09-02A shorter sign-up, instant login, app access links and a setup guide that extends the trial — the boarding flow rebuilt end to end.
  19. FLUniversal Stack launched 2016-12-20Optimized for CMS driven websites - made for your needs: Backups, Git, SFTP, HTTPS & team collaboration.
  20. UFLUniversal Stack changelog 2016-12-20Every change that came with the Universal Stack release, including New Apps being renamed to Professional Apps. No action required.

2015 23

  1. OSBlackfire profiler on fortrabbit 2015-01-21The Blackfire PHP profiler becomes available on fortrabbit, and how a sales pitch from SensioLabs turned into an actual integration.
  2. AFLA new blog layout, a new engine 2015-01-23A new blog layout on a new engine, and why a static site generator replaced WordPress for a developer-facing company blog.
  3. TFLThe new Dashboard is here 2015-02-25The new fortrabbit dashboard ships after more than a year of work. What changed, what it cost, and where the roadmap goes next.
  4. MFLMigration help 2015-02-26A guide for existing users moving into the new fortrabbit dashboard: what changed, what stayed, and where to find each feature.
  5. NFLNew dashboard supervision 2015-03-04Releasing a dashboard that took years to write, then watching how it lands. On feedback, missing features and shipping big projects.
  6. FLOn password security 2015-03-10Password rules sit between usability, culture and security. What a security researcher's review changed in the fortrabbit dashboard.
  7. BFLBattling with billing 2015-03-24How hustling with accounting keeps us away from developing our service.
  8. FLRoadmap to Hack App 2015-04-20The fortrabbit roadmap after the dashboard relaunch, and the groundwork already laid for the updates that follow it.
  9. FLSmall Dashboard improvements 2015-04-30Two small dashboard additions: batch importing environment variables from a .env file, and DNS checks on domain setup.
  10. FLPHP Hosting Possibilities 2015-05-05A stubborn look at hosting options for developers — shared, VPS, cloud and PaaS — and which of them fits which kind of project.
  11. FLAbout PaaS pricing 2015-05-08Value-based against cost-based pricing for a hosting service, written when Heroku dropped its free tier and changed the entry plan.
  12. SFLSurvey results 2015-05-12What customers said in a survey about fortrabbit and about hosting in general, and which conclusions were actually drawn from it.
  13. FLI love assets 2015-05-18Automated asset pipelines for CSS, JS and images: how to build them and how to deploy the output when storage is no longer persistent.
  14. UK10 pillars of modern PHP development 2015-06-04Ten principles of modern PHP application design, from dependency management to deployment, as we apply them on our own hosting platform.
  15. FLIntroducing 2FA 2015-06-18Two-factor authentication arrives for fortrabbit accounts, together with configurable session and sudo timeouts.
  16. OSPHP upgrade path (5.4), 5.6, 7.0 2015-06-23Which PHP versions fortrabbit supports and for how long, from starting out on 5.4 in 2013 through the moves to 5.6 and 7.0.
  17. FLNew Apps are here 2015-08-25New Apps enter beta: twice as fast at half the price, built around ephemeral storage and a rethought hosting architecture.
  18. SUKS3 as a cloud storage 2015-09-03Set up Amazon S3 with IAM as cloud storage for a PHP app, and upload files to it from application code with Flysystem.
  19. DUKDropbox as a cloud storage 2015-09-04How to use a Dropbox account as persistent cloud storage for uploads on a New App, when the local file system no longer survives a deploy.
  20. UKHow to keep a secret 2015-09-08Passwords in git are bad and environment variables are not perfect either. Where application secrets should actually live.
  21. OSCMS, quo vadis? 2015-10-09Content management systems went quiet in the PHP conversation. Are they ready for the cloud, and what would that even require?
  22. HFLhttpSpeedy? 2015-11-05TLS, SNI, certificate authorities and HTTP/2, and why a hosting platform should not rush any of them into production.
  23. FLAnnouncing GA for New Apps 2015-12-10New Apps reach general availability, more scalable and extensible than the beta, and the platform update that got them there.

2014 21

  1. NUKNew year cleanup 2014-01-30Announcing scheduled maintenance work for the new year, what will be touched and which downtime to expect on hosted apps.
  2. PUKPHP 5.5 and improved deployment 2014-03-13PHP 5.5 arrives with OPcache and optional APCu, alongside deployment improvements that make future platform upgrades quicker.
  3. UUKUpdates 2014-03-13Platform changelog for 13 March 2014: PHP 5.4.26, plus pre-deploy commands and Composer prefer-source in the deployment file.
  4. SFLSunsetting freemium 2014-03-18The freemium development plan is replaced by a free trial. The reasoning, the timeline, and what it means for existing accounts.
  5. UUKUpdates 2014-03-30Platform changelog for 30 March 2014: PHP 5.4.26 and PHP 5.5.10 on the stacks, and a Phalcon update to version 1.3.2.
  6. FLFirst fortran PaaS 2014-04-01fortrabbit announces the world's first Fortran platform as a service, with a new stack and full support. Published 1 April 2014.
  7. SFLSupport as a Service 2014-04-07Enhancing our platform with professional & reliable developer to developer support.
  8. HUKHeartbleed 2014-04-08This exploit is a vulnerability in the heartbeat of TLS in the OpenSSL implementation. We're patched up by now.
  9. FLCloudscapes revisited 2014-05-19A subjective insider tour through the PHP cloud hosting scene of 2014: who arrived, who struggled, and what changed since 2012.
  10. UUKUpdates 2014-04-14Platform changelog for 14 April 2014: PHP 5.4.27 and 5.5, updated Memcached and MongoDB extensions, and ZSH available over SSH.
  11. NOSNew Relic BYOL 2014-05-20New Relic support lands on fortrabbit under a bring-your-own-license model, with the daemon running on the platform side.
  12. CEHChasing 408 2014-05-26Random 408 errors that appeared out of nowhere, and the hunt through load balancers and timeouts that finally explained them.
  13. FLSunsetting a few features 2014-06-18The SMTP wrapper and the ReSync tool are switched off ahead of the new dashboard, with a note on how features reach end of life.
  14. 2FL20 years Pretty Home Pages 2014-05-28PHP turned twenty. An infographic through the history of the language that still powers most of the pretty home pages on the web.
  15. OSLee Tengum about offload.io 2014-08-28An interview with freelance developer Lee Tengum about building offload.io, one of the projects hosted on fortrabbit.
  16. FLAdd-Ons markdown 2014-07-07Price cuts for the Memcache, MySQL and Workers add-on plans, and why cloud pricing has not followed Moore's Law so far.
  17. NFLNew status page 2014-09-02status.fortrabbit.com becomes the official channel for scheduled maintenance and incidents, with mail, SMS and RSS subscriptions.
  18. NFLNew dashboard migration guide 2014-10-15What actually changes for existing customers when the new fortrabbit dashboard arrives, including the move from freemium to a free trial.
  19. POSPoodle 2014-10-15SSL v3 is switched off across the platform in response to the POODLE vulnerability. No action is needed on the client side.
  20. FLNew dashboard mission statement 2014-09-08What to expect from the rebuilt fortrabbit dashboard, months before its release: the process, the features and the reasoning.
  21. UUKUpdates 2014-10-24Platform changelog for 24 October 2014: PHP updated to 5.4.34 and to 5.5.18 across the fortrabbit hosting stacks.

2013 23

  1. FOSFortrabbit PHPipeline 2013 2013-01-08The fortrabbit roadmap for 2013, written by the person who joined to sit between the technical and the product side of the company.
  2. GFLGoodbye WebRechnung 2013-01-10fortrabbit shuts down WebRechnung and the remaining MISH services, to put everything behind the new PHP hosting platform.
  3. OFLOptional PHP extensions 2013-01-31A new PHP settings page in the dashboard lets each app switch optional PHP extensions on and off without a support request.
  4. SUKSSH Upgrade: PHP CLI and Git 2013-02-18PHP CLI and git become available inside the SSH account, so artisan, the Symfony console and other framework tools run on the server.
  5. 1OS1,000 developers 2013-02-19Our first 4 digits number! Thank you for your interest in our service!
  6. NUKNew XSL support 2013-03-10The PHP XSL extension is deployed across the platform, which makes Symphony CMS and its XML and XSLT templates run on fortrabbit.
  7. NFLNew write protection 2013-03-21Write protection reduces the privileges of a running app, and it is worth enabling on every production app. Why it took a while to build.
  8. FFLFree web hosting 2013-04-09Free PHP hosting is one of the most frequent searches leading to fortrabbit. Why the offer does not exist, and what it would really cost.
  9. HFLHiccups 2013-05-21Two weeks of downtimes in 2013, explained from the inside: what broke, what it meant for a young hosting company, and what changed.
  10. DFLDamn, we got pwned 2013-05-30In May 2013 the fortrabbit platform was successfully attacked. The full account of what happened, what leaked and what changed after.
  11. SOSSudden traffic peak 2013-06-30A case study of an agency site hit by a sudden traffic peak, what broke, and how the hosting setup was adjusted while it was happening.
  12. PFLPerformance / convenience 2013-07-10Hosting is still argued over price and performance. The case for judging it by convenience instead, from a PHP platform startup.
  13. WUKWorker Add-On released 2013-08-07We have a new Add-On: Workers! Learn about it and what you can do with it.
  14. HUKHow we estimate hosting resources 2013-08-23How a hosting provider turns vague expectations into concrete plans: the Map your App decision helper and the reasoning behind it.
  15. UFLUser survey results 2013-08-26Results and learnings from our latest questionnaire among our users with 327 answers.
  16. IUKIntegrating codeship with fortrabbit 2013-08-28Set up continuous integration with Codeship and deploy the result to fortrabbit, for teams that want tests to gate a release.
  17. FLLaracon observations 2013-09-02Notes from Laracon 2013 in Amsterdam, on the relationship between Symfony and Laravel and where the PHP framework scene was heading.
  18. FFLFreemium or free trial? 2013-09-04Is freemium the right business model for our service or shall we switch to a free trial model?
  19. CFLCelebrating one year of fortrabbit 2013-10-04One year of running a PHP hosting platform: a thank-you to the clients who trusted an unfinished product, and what comes next.
  20. NFLNew tasklist 2013-10-07The tasklist replaces a plain freemium tier with something fairer and more playful, based on measured behavior of new accounts.
  21. NFLNew boarding bonus 2013-10-31The boarding bonus experiment gave new accounts extra credit for a longer test drive. How it worked, and why it ended.
  22. UUKUse Codio with fortrabbit 2013-11-14Connect the Codio web IDE to a fortrabbit app and deploy straight from the browser over git. The setup, in a few steps.
  23. SFLStatus update 2013-11-27Where the platform stands in late 2013: a new dashboard in the making, what shipped since launch, and what did not.

2012 33

  1. HFLHello world! 2012-06-15The first post on the fortrabbit blog, announcing a next-generation PHP platform built in Europe, and what this blog will be for.
  2. NFLNew fortrabbit.com teaser page 2012-06-21A coming-soon page for fortrabbit.com with an HTML5 video background, and a survey asking developers what the platform should be.
  3. WFLWhat happened to our old WebHosting? 2012-07-02What became of MISH, the bare-metal hosting platform fortrabbit ran in a Berlin data center before building a PHP cloud service.
  4. CFLCloudscapes - Comparing PHP Cloud Hosting Platforms 2012-07-09A 2012 snapshot of the PHP PaaS field — Heroku, PHP Fog, Pagodabox, dotCloud, cloudControl and the European newcomers. Most of them are gone.
  5. AUKAbout writable storage in modern hosting 2012-07-23New-school cloud or legacy LAMP style — what's state of the art in PHP hosting?
  6. CFLCustom HTTP Error Pages (Sneek Peek) 2012-07-26A sneak peek at the handmade fortrabbit error pages, built to be useful in the moment something on a hosted site goes wrong.
  7. VFLVendor locked-in buzz 2012-07-30How locked in is a website to its hosting provider, and does portability across clouds mean anything in practice for a PHP app?
  8. TFLThe freemium hosting business model 2012-08-02Will small hosting plans end up free? Someone always pays for the resources — a look at freemium in hosting after AppFog's pricing.
  9. OFLOnline text editors 2012-08-07A first look at browser-based code editors and web IDEs in 2012 — what the category promised, and whether it was any good yet.
  10. SFLSupport pages are on now 2012-08-15The first fortrabbit help pages go live, and the search for a knowledge base system that suits a small hosting company.
  11. WFLwww 2012-08-17The www subdomain is optional, hard to say out loud, and still everywhere. On apex domains, print designers and old internet habits.
  12. AFLA Coders Survey 2012-08-21Results of a survey among developers and designers about hosting, workflows and tools — data that was not available anywhere else in 2012.
  13. BFLBETA survey results 2012-08-23What 160 developers told us about their PHP workflows, hosting and tools, and how the answers shaped the platform we then built.
  14. BFLBETA begins 2012-08-30The private beta of the fortrabbit PHP platform opens and the first invitations go out. What testers can expect during the beta period.
  15. AUKAbout Composer 2012-09-03An introduction to Composer for PHP developers who have not used a dependency manager yet, and how it fits into deployment.
  16. TOSThe perfect PHP platform manifest 2012-09-06A manifest for what a PHP platform as a service should do, written in 2012 when none of the existing ones came close to it.
  17. FFLFreemium VS Bootstrapped 2012-09-25Building a PaaS in Berlin without venture capital: what bootstrapping decides about pricing, pace and the product itself.
  18. MUKMulti stage deployment 2012-10-01How to setup a production/development work-flow for website development.
  19. PFLPHP renaissance collection 2012-10-02A collection of links on the modern side of PHP, gathered when the language was shaking off its spaghetti-code reputation.
  20. TFLTake off 2012-10-04fortrabbit announces general availability of its PHP hosting platform from Berlin, and the problem it was built to solve.
  21. ROSRelease early, release often 2012-10-05Going generally available without a public beta period: the case for launching a hosting service early and iterating in the open.
  22. HFLHello world with PHPStorm 2012-10-12A screencast deploying a simple hello world from PHPStorm to fortrabbit, and a note on how much work tutorial videos actually are.
  23. IFLInstall Laravel on fortrabbit with Git 2012-10-13A screencast walking through installing Laravel and deploying it to fortrabbit with git, from an empty folder to a running site.
  24. SFLSlim PHP on fortrabbit 2012-10-14This videos shows you how to set up SlimPHP on fortrabbit with Git and Composer
  25. TFLThe meat market 2012-10-19Brutal price competition produces factory farming in meat and something similar in hosting. An illustrated argument about cheap.
  26. GFLGreen cloud? 2012-10-23The cloud: economically attractive, but what the about ecological impact?
  27. FUKFuelPHP on fortrabbit 2012-10-25This video show you how to install FuelPHP on fortrabbit with Git and PhpStorm.
  28. SFLSymfony2 on fortrabbit 2012-11-01A screencast showing one way to set up Symfony 2 on fortrabbit, recorded for the Symfony Live event in Berlin in 2012.
  29. BFLBephpug 2012-11-12Slides and notes from the fortrabbit talk at the Berlin PHP user group, given by the person with the least PHP knowledge in the room.
  30. TFLThe Roadmap 2012-11-19The fortrabbit roadmap for the coming year, written at the point where a young PHP platform decides what to build next.
  31. WFLWhere to host my website now? 2012-12-04IaaS, PaaS, bare metal, shared or managed hosting: how to decide, written for clients whose old hosting platform was being retired.
  32. AFLApp collaboration & owner transfer 2012-12-18Permission management arrives: app collaboration for teammates, owner transfer, and the multi-tenancy workflows that come with it.
  33. DFLDecoupled hosting 2012-12-31Code in git, dependencies in Composer, assets in object storage, mail in a service: the case for modular, decoupled hosting.