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By Konner Bemis
Sources: G2 reviews, vendor documentation, 2026 market data. Docker's release in 2013 made Linux namespaces and cgroups accessible without deep kernel expertise, and container adoption took off fast. The value was clear: one portable unit with everything the process needs, running consistently across any host. Teams that were previously shipping VMs with bundled OS, runtime, and application code finally had a better option, and they took it.
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By Konner Bemis
Bare-metal. Just reading that word might trigger a physical reaction for some of us. Dusty closets, old server rooms, and loud rigs that never seemed to work quite right. Remember waiting days for IT to provision a server, only to realize your ticket got lost in the shuffle? Or the classic "well, it worked on my machine" excuse right before a production push? Ah, the good old days.
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By Alexander Mattoni
In the last few months we've made some changes to VMs that finally allow installing and running Windows on them. MS Paint on Cycle is finally a reality. To make Windows VMs work, we had to add a few things to the platform to support it. As always with Windows, there are some quirks, gotchas, and pain points. But in the guide below, I'll show you how we solved these issues in our recent platform update, and how to install and run a Windows Server 2025 VM on Cycle with full network connectivity.
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By Chris Aubuchon
Managing TLS certificates at scale is one of those operational tasks that starts simple and quickly grows into a sprawling problem. As organizations adopt microservices, multi-tenant architectures, and globally distributed load balancers, the number of domains and subdomains they support can expand dramatically. Each certificate then requires its own lifecycle management: Wildcard certificates offer a powerful solution to this growing complexity.
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By Chris Aubuchon
One of the best parts of my job is helping Cycle users explore self-hosting options on the platform. This time, I had the pleasure of working with Dgraph (now a part of Hypermode). If you haven't heard of it, Dgraph is a distributed, horizontally scalable graph database that gives you a native graph storage/compute engine with distributed ACID transactions (via Raft and snapshot isolation) and first-class GraphQL.
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By Chris Aubuchon
With the tech world once again in the midst of a major shift, a new group of contenders has entered the market, offering capabilities the traditional hyperscalers can’t match. Often dubbed "neoclouds", these new providers range from developer-focused platforms to GPU-centric infrastructure clouds. Can these new clouds compete with 100 billion dollar incumbents in a space that's already changing at breakneck speed?
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By Chris Aubuchon
Outages don't care how many zones you have. Power failures, software updates, and backbone disruptions all have one thing in common: they do not respect architecture diagrams. Redundancy only works if it is designed at the correct layer. Every team believes they are covered, and yet, when something breaks, the failure reveals that what looked like protection was only an illusion.
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By Alexander Mattoni
For a long time, public cloud has been the default answer to scaling infrastructure, but it's not the only path forward. As more teams weigh the risks of vendor lock-in, data residency, and dependence on US-based providers, the conversation around private cloud has taken on new urgency. However, building on private infrastructure doesn't have to mean sacrificing flexibility.
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By Konner Bemis
The race on AI is heating up; the next generation of vibe coders and prompt engineers are entering the job market as we speak, and AI is the hottest line item on most IT budgets this year. Building the next great home automation software or adaptive learning platform with cutting-edge machine learning is great and all, but like all great software, it needs to start with the plumbing.
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By Alexander Mattoni
Every engineering leader eventually asks the same question: What happens if my cloud region goes down? This isn't unheard of, or even rare, and the stakes are obvious. A single-region deployment might work fine on day one, but it leaves you exposed: one outage, one fiber cut, or one bad update from your provider, and your application is offline. In some cases, your entire business could be at risk. That's why recently, multi-region architecture has become the gold standard.
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By Cycle Platform
Learn how leading teams are reducing complexity, controlling costs, and building resilient environments with modern private cloud patterns.. What we covered: If you’re evaluating private cloud, hybrid infrastructure, or looking to take back control of your infrastructure in 2026, this session provides a clear, actionable starting point. Reach out to our team to learn more today!
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By Cycle Platform
Your Infrastructure. Your Cloud. Anywhere. Introducing Virtual Providers—a powerful new way to turn any server or VM into part of your Cycle-managed private cloud. With just a bootable ISO generated from the Cycle platform, you can instantly bring bare metal or virtual machines online—no matter where they live. Cloud, colo, on-prem, edge, or even a server sitting in a closet. Once connected, Cycle handles the provisioning, updates, networking, and orchestration automatically.
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By Cycle Platform
Run Anything, Anywhere — Now Including Virtual Machines Cycle just got even more powerful. In this video, we're announcing full support for virtual machine workloads on the Cycle platform. That means containers, functions, and now VMs—running side by side, managed through the same automation, networking, and orchestration engine. Whether it's bare metal in a colo, VMs on a cloud provider, or hardware in a homelab, Cycle brings it all together into one global private cloud.
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By Cycle
Cycle was built to be a powerful, security focused container orchestration platform that is a more user friendly alternative to Kubernetes. One way it achieves this is by making complex, yet secure networking easy to achieve. By combining Cycle's private networks, known as environments, with Cloudflare Tunnel, teams can further enhance their network security and reliability.
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By Cycle
In the 5th episode of the Cycle Spotlight we sit down with Head of Engineering at Busify, Casey Dement, who uncovers key reasons why all businesses should strongly reconsider before they jump down the K8s rabbit hole.
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By Cycle
We caught up with Alexander Mattoni, Cycle's Head of Engineering and Co-Founder. He unveils plans for and awesome resource for all of those in the DevOps community and what to expect from the Cycle team in the coming weeks.
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By Cycle
In the 4th episode of Cycle Spotlight Konner sits down with Stephen Morgan, DevOps veteran, and chats about his journey and the technology that helped him become the architect he is today.
Cycle Spotlight: Sr Developer Thomas van der Pol discusses building resilient deployment automation.
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By Cycle
In this edition of the Cycle Spotlight, Thomas van der Pol joins us to chat about deployment & automation. Thomas, a Senior Developer at Submarine, comes from a wealth of experience in software development and even dabbles in DevOps. Tune in to hear how an industry innovator delivers top-quality software consistently!
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By Cycle
August has been an outstanding month for the Cycle team, marked by significant advancements across the platform. We've introduced new features aimed at simplifying workflows and enhancing user experience. As we wrap up August and look ahead to September, we're excited to share the progress we've made and what you can expect in the coming weeks.
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By Cycle
In this weeks spotlight I sit down with Cycle Founder, Jake Warner to talk about trends in hiring and layoffs prevalent in the tech industry.
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The developer friendly container platform. Choose your infrastructure provider, import your containers, and let Cycle handle the rest.
Containers have changed the way developers build, deploy, and scale software. Unfortunately, the adoption of containers has also lead to an ever-growing stack of technical debt and responsibilities for teams to manage.
Interested in utilizing containers, on your own infrastructure, without having to deal with the OS, networks, or a container orchestration layer? Welcome to Cycle.
Container Orchestration Meets SaaS:
- Always Up-to-Date: Stop dealing with OS patches and orchestration layer updates; Cycle automatically delivers platform updates to all servers.
- Automate Everything: Deployment pipelines, automatic TLS / SSL certificates, and more. Cycle is there when you need it -- and out of the way when you don’t.
- Bring Your Own Infrastructure: Effortlessly deploy infrastructure from any of our supported providers. Own your data and your applications while we handle the rest.
- Develop Faster: Cycle was built for both experienced developers and new users alike. Manage containers, servers, DNS, and more, all on one platform to save time and resources.
- Built for Teams: From quickly onboarding new members to easily managing user access, Cycle’s portal has everything needed for a team to grow.
- Secure by Default: All services and configurations are secure from the start, reducing the likelihood of mistakes that could lead to a security exploit.
The Developer-Friendly Container Platform.