over because I had both docker-compose.yml and render.yaml in my e-commerce repo. I thought they were alternatives — pick one. Today I realised they solve different problems. Docker because I needed all 6 services to run identically on my machine without "works on my laptop" issues. Render because I didn't want to manage servers in production. The decision was always there — I just never named it while buildin

Why: I had both docker-compose.yml and render.yaml in my e-commerce repo. I thought they were alternatives — pick one. Today I realised they solve different problems. Docker because I needed all 6 services to run identically on my machine without "works on my laptop" issues. Render because I didn't want to manage servers in production. The decision was always there — I just never named it while buildin

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