Zach Kazanski
zkazanski.bsky.social
Zach Kazanski
@zkazanski.bsky.social
Helping dev teams reduce cognitive overhead and ship faster. Building Sherpa.sh - A cost-effective alternative to Vercel & Netlify
If you need to self-host Nextjs at scale we wrote up an article with all the hidden feature flags and secrets we had to discover about running Nextjs in high traffic environments: www.sherpa.sh/blog/secrets...
Secrets of Self-hosting Nextjs at Scale in 2025
Master self-hosting Next.js at scale with undocumented secrets: standalone deployments, shared caching, CDN configuration, horizontal scaling, and custom cache handlers. Learn to fix version skew with...
www.sherpa.sh
October 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Glad it was helpful. And yeah that skew protection issue is ongoing at the moment. The github issue link in the article is a pretty interesting read.

If you want to share our article or service with anyone that might find it helpful. I'd appreciate it 😊
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We actually do this at Sherpa.sh but its a full PaaS platform.

But fwiw I think you are right about self-hosting being difficult. We ran into a lot of issues that we documented here: www.sherpa.sh/blog/secrets...
Sherpa - Deploy Any App Globally with 80% Lower Costs
Modern deployment platform that builds, deploys, routes, and scales your apps globally with 80% lower costs than Vercel & Netlify. Start from $13.99 with unlimited seats and no extra fees.
Sherpa.sh
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Yeah, there are a ton of features that are not supported by nextjs in a selfhosting environment. We actually just wrote up all the hidden features and flags that we ran into running Next.js at scale in hopes that it helps others: www.sherpa.sh/blog/secrets...
Secrets of Self-hosting Nextjs at Scale in 2025
Master self-hosting Next.js at scale with undocumented secrets: standalone deployments, shared caching, CDN configuration, horizontal scaling, and custom cache handlers. Learn to fix version skew with...
www.sherpa.sh
October 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If you don't want to move to another big VC backed provider. We just wrote up a post on how to self-host nextjs apps at scale to help: www.sherpa.sh/blog/secrets...
Secrets of Self-hosting Nextjs at Scale in 2025
Master self-hosting Next.js at scale with undocumented secrets: standalone deployments, shared caching, CDN configuration, horizontal scaling, and custom cache handlers. Learn to fix version skew with...
www.sherpa.sh
October 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hi Andy, Founder at Sherpa.sh here. If you end up giving us a try feel free to DM me for any help or feedback. We like to stay close to our users to drive roadmap and identify any friction points or issues early. Cheers!
September 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Schedo.dev moved from Vercel over to sherpa.sh to reduce their infrastructure costs and per-seat billing without sacraficing a great developer experience. Now they can deliver their core platform to their customers without worrying about their cloud bill ballooning out of control.
schedo.dev - Distributed Cron Jobs Made Simple
Schedule, monitor, and manage your background tasks with ease. No infrastructure headaches, just reliable task execution.
Schedo.dev
May 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'm still figuring out how to DM on bsky. haha. I guess I'm curious if you know any activist websites specifically running on Vercel?
May 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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May 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Want to ship code as fast as you're writing it? @sherpa_sh eliminates infrastructure headaches. Connect your git repo → every push triggers deployment. No config hell, just you and your users. Try it: sherpa.sh

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Sherpa - Deploy Any App Globally with 80% Lower Costs
Modern deployment platform that builds, deploys, routes, and scales your apps globally with 80% lower costs than Vercel & Netlify.
sherpa.sh
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May 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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May 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"My secret: Multiple @windsurfai.bsky.social instances working on the same project simultaneously, each limited to specific subdirectories. While one AI codes, I'm already setting up the next task for another. #SoftwareDevelopment #CodingHacks"
May 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM