Tips & Tricks - DeployHQ Blog

Our products pack a punch when it comes to features and it would be easy to miss some of them. Here we post helpful tips & tricks about how to use our products & services.

Conventional Commits Guide: Rules, Tools and CI/CD Enforcement

Learn how to implement conventional commits with commitlint and Husky, automate changelogs with semantic-release, and enforce structured commit messages in your CI/CD pipeline. Includes real configuration examples and team adoption tips.

Deploying .NET Applications with DeployHQ on Digital Ocean

Step-by-step guide to deploying ASP.NET Core applications on a DigitalOcean Droplet with DeployHQ. Covers server setup, NGINX reverse proxy, systemd, SSL, zero-downtime deployments, and automatic deploys on every git push.

Database Deployments Made Easy with DeployHQ

Fear database migrations? You're not alone. Discover how DeployHQ simplifies database deployments, ensuring schema changes run smoothly and preventing costly mistakes.

Pull Request Best Practices: A Complete Guide (2026)

Learn pull request best practices that actually improve code review quality. Covers PR sizing (why 400 lines is the limit), effective descriptions, reviewer techniques, stacked PRs, and deploy-on-merge workflows with CI/CD integration.

Java Application Servers in 2025: From Traditional to Cloud Native

The Java server landscape has shifted from shared application servers to embedded runtimes and cloud-native frameworks. This guide traces that evolution — from Tomcat and WildFly through Spring Boot to Quarkus and Micronaut — and shows how to make the transition without rewriting everything.