About StackScout
Practical engineering deep dives into the tools and infrastructure behind modern software.
Editorial Mission
StackScout exists to demystify developer infrastructure, container ecosystems, deployment pipelines, and automation tooling. Rather than writing surface-level installation tutorials, we focus on explaining what actually happens under the hood.
Our core content pillars include:
- Containers & Virtualization: WSL 2, Docker Engine, Podman, cgroups, kernel namespaces, and OCI runtimes.
- DevOps & Automation: CI/CD workflows, local development orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Cloud & Networking: Reverse proxies (Nginx, Traefik, Caddy), DNS, TLS termination, and static hosting platforms.
- Self-Hosted Systems: Lightweight tools, SQLite operational patterns, and containerized dev environments.
Architecture & Tech Stack
StackScout is a static site built with Astro:
- Framework: Astro, shipping zero client-side JavaScript frameworks.
- Content: Git-tracked Markdown articles validated by a typed content schema.
- Performance: Pre-rendered HTML, build-time image optimization, and a hand-written CSS design system.
- Hosting & CD: Pull requests get a preview URL; merging to main deploys globally via Cloudflare Pages.
Open Source & Repository
The code, templates, and engineering articles for StackScout are open source and available on GitHub: