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4Designing software while very much thinking about how it will be deployed and operated.
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6Design is trade-offs, so one one end one has software optimized for smaller, individual users, vs cloud operators and devops.
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8Designing for deployment by operators will look at things like automation and provisioning and testing in cloud environments.
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10Designing for less technical end users who want to run the software day-to-day either personally or for small groups should look more like one-click deploys and auto-updates, and might even be designed to fit within the resource limits of freemium PaaS services.
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12A great example is [[Discourse]]. The team runs a paid hosting service, but it also has a really great dockerized install and update system. There are complexities, but a somewhat technical user can follow instructions and setup and install the system, and most importantly, has an automatic update system built in.
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14[[Cloudron]] is another great example. Any of the apps they package, are automatically updated over time. Some of them have [[OIDC]] single sign on built in, which enables deeper integration into Cloudron and more simplicity in user management. I don't see a lot of apps specifically targeting Cloudron today -- that is, they aren't designing for this type of deployment -- but a lot of open source software probably should.