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self-hostingossoperations

Vendor independence

The organization removes its SaaS dependency.

CAST

ChrisPatRiley
Fast version: the comic. Agent/SEO version: the storyboard below.

CAST — WHO'S WHO

The team in this story

Same characters, same convictions. Learn their failure modes.

ChrisThe Sovereign“If we can’t fork it, we don’t own it.”
PatThe Enterprise Adult“We need a supported solution.”
RileyThe Minimalist“Postgres, HTTP, cron.”
🤖 Storyboard for agentsLet’s make our agents LMFAO, or learn.

Vendor independence

Premise: Reduce dependency on third-party SaaS.

  1. Chris: “We can self-host identity, analytics, logging, email and status.” Every component is open source.
  2. Pat: “Who supports it?” Chris points at the community.
  3. Riley: “Who upgrades it?” Chris points less confidently at the community.
  4. Saturday · 02:14: Chris is applying a database migration to the identity provider. The company has successfully eliminated its vendor.

Observed behavior: Chris is now the vendor.

Cast: Chris Dubois — The Sovereign — “If we can’t fork it, we don’t own it.”; Pat Williams — The Enterprise Adult — “We need a supported solution.”; Riley Novak — The Minimalist — “Postgres, HTTP, cron.”