From ef3c9609facbc5f69014a43ca498485b3fd9caa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 00:09:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Initial plan From c25fde6c515baf18c960e2106fbbae18014ed825 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 00:20:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Add truncation markers to 8 blog posts Co-authored-by: jordanstephens <706922+jordanstephens@users.noreply.github.com> --- blog/2025-06-16-crew-ai-sample.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-06-16-docker-compose-defang.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-08-07-defang-ai-devops-agent.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-08-12-july-product-updates.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-08-22-agentic-apps.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-09-09-august-product-updates.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-09-15-agentic-era.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-09-25-heroku-migration.md | 2 ++ 8 files changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/blog/2025-06-16-crew-ai-sample.md b/blog/2025-06-16-crew-ai-sample.md index ecc46fb3a1..8055cbf236 100644 --- a/blog/2025-06-16-crew-ai-sample.md +++ b/blog/2025-06-16-crew-ai-sample.md @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ If this sounds familiar (or if you're dreading the prospect of dealing with it), You can [find it here](https://github.com/DefangSamples/sample-crew-django-redis-postgres-template). ::: +{/* truncate */} + ## A Demo in 60 Seconds Imagine you're building a system. It might use multiple LLM calls. It might do complex, branching logic in its prompts. It might need to store embeddings to retrieve things in the future, either to pull them into a prompt, or to return them outright. It might need to store other records that don't have embeddings. Here's a very lightweight version of a system like that, as a starting point: diff --git a/blog/2025-06-16-docker-compose-defang.md b/blog/2025-06-16-docker-compose-defang.md index 13b2db6e87..056a2ba9cd 100644 --- a/blog/2025-06-16-docker-compose-defang.md +++ b/blog/2025-06-16-docker-compose-defang.md @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Our whitepaper dives deep into how Docker Compose paired with Defang significant Discover how Docker + Defang can simplify your journey from local development to production-ready deployments across your preferred cloud providers. +{/* truncate */} + import Link from '@docusaurus/Link';
diff --git a/blog/2025-08-07-defang-ai-devops-agent.md b/blog/2025-08-07-defang-ai-devops-agent.md index cbd74e50eb..b0038ba88d 100644 --- a/blog/2025-08-07-defang-ai-devops-agent.md +++ b/blog/2025-08-07-defang-ai-devops-agent.md @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ While AI-powered tools make building apps a breeze, deploying them to the cloud The bottleneck is no longer the code. It's the infrastructure. +{/* truncate */} + ## Enter Defang: Your AI DevOps Agent **Defang** is an AI-enabled agent that takes care of your entire deployment workflow, going from app code to a production-ready deployment on your favorite cloud in a single step. diff --git a/blog/2025-08-12-july-product-updates.md b/blog/2025-08-12-july-product-updates.md index 4480bebc71..fb35324079 100644 --- a/blog/2025-08-12-july-product-updates.md +++ b/blog/2025-08-12-july-product-updates.md @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ author: Defang Team July was all about making cloud deployments even smoother and smarter. We focused on removing friction from deployments and giving you better visibility into costs. Railpack now builds production-ready images automatically when no Dockerfile is present, and our real-time cost estimation feature now supports Google Cloud alongside AWS. We also added managed MongoDB on GCP, introduced an Agentic LangGraph sample, and connected with builders at Bière & Code & Beer MTL. Here’s what’s new. +{/* truncate */} + ## Railpack Integration We’ve integrated [Railpack](https://docs.defang.io/docs/concepts/railpack) into Defang to make deployments even smoother. Railpack automatically builds OCI-compliant images from your source code with minimal configuration. This helps eliminate one of the most common issues our users face: missing or invalid Dockerfiles, especially when they’re generated by LLMs or created by users with limited Docker experience. Now, if no Dockerfile is provided, Defang will seamlessly use Railpack to build a working image for you, so you can focus on your code, not your container setup. diff --git a/blog/2025-08-22-agentic-apps.md b/blog/2025-08-22-agentic-apps.md index 69701f166b..34913bc2c5 100644 --- a/blog/2025-08-22-agentic-apps.md +++ b/blog/2025-08-22-agentic-apps.md @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Now you are not just building agents; you are picking the right infrastructure, The result: weeks of DevOps headaches, lost momentum, and engineers stuck wiring infrastructure instead of shipping agents. +{/* truncate */} + ## We Made it Simple with Cloud Native Support for Agentic Apps That’s where Defang comes in. We make it easy to deploy full-stack agentic apps to your cloud of choice: native, secure, and scalable. diff --git a/blog/2025-09-09-august-product-updates.md b/blog/2025-09-09-august-product-updates.md index 3bcfc69aa3..6e34881506 100644 --- a/blog/2025-09-09-august-product-updates.md +++ b/blog/2025-09-09-august-product-updates.md @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ author: Defang Team August was about making migrations smoother and showing how you can already use Defang to deploy agentic apps at scale. We expanded our sample projects for popular multi-agent frameworks like CrewAI, LangGraph, Autogen, and Strands, validating them on Playground, AWS, and GCP so you can run multi-agent workloads in production without extra DevOps. Our new Heroku migration flow inspects dynos and add-ons, generates a clean Compose file, provisions managed equivalents like Postgres and Redis, and ships to your own cloud in one command. This cuts costs and removes lock-in. We also introduced MCP BYOC prompts so you can deploy to AWS and GCP straight from your IDE. Railpack on GCP now delivers faster, more reliable no-Dockerfile builds with clearer logs and closer parity with AWS. +{/* truncate */} + ## Heroku Migration As more and more teams are moving away from legacy PaaS solutions, looking for more flexibility and more control, we’ve made it easier for teams to move off [Heroku](https://docs.defang.io/docs/tutorials/migrating-from-heroku). Defang now supports deployments without a Dockerfile and Defang will even generate a compose file from your Heroku application. The result is a smoother path to AWS or GCP with more features, lower costs, and no lock-in. diff --git a/blog/2025-09-15-agentic-era.md b/blog/2025-09-15-agentic-era.md index 4bc1c8fcc2..0d86f91c26 100644 --- a/blog/2025-09-15-agentic-era.md +++ b/blog/2025-09-15-agentic-era.md @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Over the past few decades, the software industry has gone through multiple major This is not a small adjustment. It is the foundation of how the next generation of software will be trusted and adopted. +{/* truncate */} + ## **Why the Agentic Era Changes the Rules** AI products are not like SaaS tools. They do not just manage workflows, they ingest and act on the crown jewels of a business. To succeed in this environment, three conditions must hold true: diff --git a/blog/2025-09-25-heroku-migration.md b/blog/2025-09-25-heroku-migration.md index c532975a5e..4ad88de5be 100644 --- a/blog/2025-09-25-heroku-migration.md +++ b/blog/2025-09-25-heroku-migration.md @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ But convenience has a cost. As your product grows, you want more control over pe This trade‑off eventually becomes untenable. Teams need the simplicity of a platform like Heroku *and* the power and trust of running inside their own AWS account. This post unpacks why migrating off Heroku matters, highlights the friction points when you try to move to AWS yourself, and shows how the **Defang CLI** bridges the gap. +{/* truncate */} + ## **Heroku vs. AWS** Heroku is a Platform‑as‑a‑Service very focused on simplicity and ease of use, while AWS offers a huge array of extremely powerful services that can be difficult to navigate alone. What you get from Heroku is the ability to deploy your application with a simple git push, scale by adding dynos and pick from a marketplace of add‑ons. But you miss out on much of the power of AWS, like the ability to organize and network services the way you want, the ability to deploy in a huge number of regions, their reliability, and much of the control you need to be called enterprise-ready. AWS also tends to be more cost effective as you scale and offers a wide variety of scalable storage options including Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, and more. From c1ca739a75d989f383f12ac619550819ccd99719 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 00:22:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Add truncation markers to 7 more blog posts (15 total) Co-authored-by: jordanstephens <706922+jordanstephens@users.noreply.github.com> --- blog/2025-03-26-deploying-defang-with-defang-part-2.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-04-10-easiest-way-to-deploy-django.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-04-11-mar-product-updates.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-04-23-vibe-deploy.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-05-09-april-product-updates.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-06-06-may-product-updates.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-07-10-june-product-updates.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-07-14-defang-gcp-compose.md | 2 ++ 8 files changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/blog/2025-03-26-deploying-defang-with-defang-part-2.md b/blog/2025-03-26-deploying-defang-with-defang-part-2.md index 37f7de5bae..82515243a8 100644 --- a/blog/2025-03-26-deploying-defang-with-defang-part-2.md +++ b/blog/2025-03-26-deploying-defang-with-defang-part-2.md @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ That meant static hosting wouldn't cut it. So we decided to run the site as an a That being said, our learnings from the previous setup *are* being used to develop the capabilities of Defang. We're using the experience to make sure that Defang can handle the deployment of static sites as well as dynamic ones. We'll keep you updated when that's ready. +{/* truncate */} + --- ## Deploying with Defang (and Why It Was Easy) diff --git a/blog/2025-04-10-easiest-way-to-deploy-django.md b/blog/2025-04-10-easiest-way-to-deploy-django.md index c7d1131825..9c1643c87f 100644 --- a/blog/2025-04-10-easiest-way-to-deploy-django.md +++ b/blog/2025-04-10-easiest-way-to-deploy-django.md @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ We're deploying a real-time chat application that includes automatic moderation - **Postgres Database**: Managed database instance for persistent storage. - **Redis Broker**: Managed Redis instance serving as the broker for Celery tasks and Django Channels. +{/* truncate */} + ## Running Locally To run the app locally, we use Docker Compose, splitting configurations into two YAML files: diff --git a/blog/2025-04-11-mar-product-updates.md b/blog/2025-04-11-mar-product-updates.md index 038ca87bd7..09dbcc2afa 100644 --- a/blog/2025-04-11-mar-product-updates.md +++ b/blog/2025-04-11-mar-product-updates.md @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Wow - another month has gone by, time flies when you're having fun! Let us share some important updates regarding what we achieved at Defang in March: +{/* truncate */} + **Managed LLMs:** One of the coolest features we have released in a bit is [support for Managed LLMs (such as AWS Bedrock) through the `x-defang-llm` compose service extension](/docs/concepts/managed-llms/managed-language-models). When coupled with the `defang/openai-access-gateway` service image, Defang offers the easiest way to [migrate your OpenAI-compatible application to cloud-native managed LLMs](/docs/tutorials/deploy-openai-apps) without making any changes to your code. Support for GCP and DigitalOcean coming soon. **Defang Pulumi Provider:** Last month, we announced a preview of the [Defang Pulumi Provider](https://github.com/DefangLabs/pulumi-defang), and this month we are excited to announce that V1 is now available in the [Pulumi Registry](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/defang/). As much as we love Docker, we realize there are many real-world apps that have components that (currently) cannot be described completely in a Compose file. With the Defang Pulumi Provider, you can now leverage [the declarative simplicity of Defang with the imperative power of Pulumi](/docs/concepts/pulumi#when-to-use-the-defang-pulumi-provider). diff --git a/blog/2025-04-23-vibe-deploy.md b/blog/2025-04-23-vibe-deploy.md index 2a466297b8..1845ba0c90 100644 --- a/blog/2025-04-23-vibe-deploy.md +++ b/blog/2025-04-23-vibe-deploy.md @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ draft: false Welcome to the world of **vibe coding**, an AI-assisted, intuition-driven way of building software. You do not spend hours reading diffs, organizing files, or hunting through documentation. You describe what you want, let the AI take a pass, and keep iterating until it works. +{/* truncate */} + **The Tools of Vibe Coding** Vibe coding would not exist without a new generation of AI-first tools. Here are some of the platforms powering this new workflow. diff --git a/blog/2025-05-09-april-product-updates.md b/blog/2025-05-09-april-product-updates.md index 9bc187d9c2..eaf2cf5592 100644 --- a/blog/2025-05-09-april-product-updates.md +++ b/blog/2025-05-09-april-product-updates.md @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ author: Defang Team April flew by with big momentum at Defang. From deeper investments in the **Model Context Protocol** (MCP), to deploying LLM-based inferencing apps, to live demos of **Vibe Deploying**, we're making it easier than ever to go from idea to cloud. +{/* truncate */} + ## MCP + Vibe Deploying This month we focused on making cloud deployments as easy as writing a prompt. Our latest Vibe Deploying [blog](/blog?_gl=1*1wbnk1m*_ga*MTM4MTE5ODI4NC4xNzQ0MDU0NDMz*_ga_QVJVWN44CW*czE3NDY3NDQwNDckbzQ3JGcxJHQxNzQ2NzQ0NzUzJGowJGwwJGgw) shows how you can launch full-stack apps right from your IDE just by chatting. diff --git a/blog/2025-06-06-may-product-updates.md b/blog/2025-06-06-may-product-updates.md index e2d91e5762..8b0eece45d 100644 --- a/blog/2025-06-06-may-product-updates.md +++ b/blog/2025-06-06-may-product-updates.md @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ author: Defang Team May was a big month at Defang. We shipped support for managed LLMs in Playground, added MongoDB support on AWS, improved the Defang MCP Server, and dropped new AI samples to make deploying faster than ever. +{/* truncate */} + ## 🚀 Managed LLMs in Playground You can now try managed LLMs directly in the Defang Playground. diff --git a/blog/2025-07-10-june-product-updates.md b/blog/2025-07-10-june-product-updates.md index c80ef3c321..316485351f 100644 --- a/blog/2025-07-10-june-product-updates.md +++ b/blog/2025-07-10-june-product-updates.md @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ author: Defang Team June was a big month at Defang. We rolled out powerful features across our CLI, Playground, and Portal, expanded support for both AWS and GCP, and introduced new tools to help you ship faster and smarter. From real-time cloud cost estimation to internal infra upgrades and community highlights, here’s everything we accomplished. +{/* truncate */} + ## 🚀 Live AWS Cost Estimation We just launched something we’re really excited about: live AWS cost estimation before you deploy. diff --git a/blog/2025-07-14-defang-gcp-compose.md b/blog/2025-07-14-defang-gcp-compose.md index c41d277d45..2cbe444928 100644 --- a/blog/2025-07-14-defang-gcp-compose.md +++ b/blog/2025-07-14-defang-gcp-compose.md @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ With Defang, you can: Our whitepaper walks through how Defang integrates with GCP, including how it: +{/* truncate */} + ✅ Builds your containers using Cloud Build ✅ Manages secure deployments via Cloud Run and managed services ✅ Supports custom domains, advanced networking, GPUs, LLMs, and more From e3ed55663f3d5421970eaa2be3dfd3353c7f7d78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 00:29:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Complete: Add truncation markers to all remaining 21 blog posts Co-authored-by: jordanstephens <706922+jordanstephens@users.noreply.github.com> --- blog/2023-06-29-Announcing-the-Private-Beta-for-the-DOP.md | 2 ++ blog/2024-02-12-announcing-defang-public-beta.md | 2 ++ ...3-04-about-my-journey-deploying-my-first-web-application.mdx | 2 ++ blog/2024-03-20-dev-environments.mdx | 2 ++ blog/2024-03-28-slackbot-sample.md | 1 + blog/2024-05-01-may-product-updates.md | 1 + blog/2024-06-01-june-product-updates.md | 1 + blog/2024-07-01-july-product-updates.md | 1 + blog/2024-07-31-july-product-updates-2.md | 1 + blog/2024-08-30-august-product-updates.md | 1 + blog/2024-09-30-september-product-updates.md | 2 ++ blog/2024-11-12-hard-lessons-from-hardware.md | 2 ++ blog/2024-11-13-october-product-updates.md | 2 ++ blog/2024-12-04-launch-week.md | 2 ++ blog/2024-12-11-product-hunt.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-02-07-january-product-updates.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-02-18-model-context-protocol.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-03-12-website-logo-refresh-announcement.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-03-14-deploying-defang-with-defang-part-1.md | 2 ++ blog/2025-03-15-feb-product-updates.md | 2 ++ 20 files changed, 34 insertions(+) diff --git a/blog/2023-06-29-Announcing-the-Private-Beta-for-the-DOP.md b/blog/2023-06-29-Announcing-the-Private-Beta-for-the-DOP.md index 09d1737eb8..b04ef3c1c7 100644 --- a/blog/2023-06-29-Announcing-the-Private-Beta-for-the-DOP.md +++ b/blog/2023-06-29-Announcing-the-Private-Beta-for-the-DOP.md @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ We're thrilled to announce the release of our Private Beta for the Defang Opinio We realize that improving on this state of affairs is a long journey. Today, we are taking an initial step with the release of the Private Beta of the DOP. The DOP enables **AI-assisted development**, with the ability to specify a high-level prompt and get back an initial version of your cloud service code, which can then be refined further. The DOP **simplifies CI-CD** by automatically building and deploying new artifacts to your target environments when you push new code to your source repository, taking care of all dependency management and build tasks. And the **DOP pre-provisions properly secured and configured staging and production environments** for your application, optimized for security, scaling, and cost. +{/* truncate */} + **Try the Private Beta!** To try the Private Beta, please go to [portal.defang.dev](https://portal.defang.dev) and register. We would love to have you kick the tires and give us your feedback! You can also check out our [documentation](/docs/intro), [samples](/docs/intro), and our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/DefangLabs). diff --git a/blog/2024-02-12-announcing-defang-public-beta.md b/blog/2024-02-12-announcing-defang-public-beta.md index ced3a0c10c..da8d4ece6d 100644 --- a/blog/2024-02-12-announcing-defang-public-beta.md +++ b/blog/2024-02-12-announcing-defang-public-beta.md @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ And so, today with our Public Beta, we are addressing this request. With today You can learn more about Defang [here](/docs/intro). Also check out our [tutorials](/docs/category/tutorials), [samples](https://defang.io/samples), and [FAQ](/docs/category/faq) to know more. +{/* truncate */} + **Try the Public Beta!** To try the Public Beta, please go to [defang.io](http://defang.io) and click on [Download](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang/releases/latest) to download the CLI and [get started](/docs/getting-started). We would love to have you kick the tires and give us your feedback! Once you sign up you’ll receive an invitation to our Slack support channel in email. You are also welcome to file [GitHub issues here](https://github.com/DefangLabs/defang/issues). diff --git a/blog/2024-03-04-about-my-journey-deploying-my-first-web-application.mdx b/blog/2024-03-04-about-my-journey-deploying-my-first-web-application.mdx index 8f08a876ea..aa40098da6 100644 --- a/blog/2024-03-04-about-my-journey-deploying-my-first-web-application.mdx +++ b/blog/2024-03-04-about-my-journey-deploying-my-first-web-application.mdx @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ It was overwhelming when all these unfamiliar concepts came at me at once. I sea I ran into so many problems with configuring services. Sometimes it is caused by carelessly selecting the wrong options; sometimes it is due to the fact that I have no idea what the buttons mean; sometimes it is just a bug with my code. Those errors triple the time it took to deploy my project. It was indeed extremely frustrating. +{/* truncate */} +
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diff --git a/blog/2024-03-20-dev-environments.mdx b/blog/2024-03-20-dev-environments.mdx index 7bd3cc767e..c41aa4eb3d 100644 --- a/blog/2024-03-20-dev-environments.mdx +++ b/blog/2024-03-20-dev-environments.mdx @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Defang is aiming to reduce the barriers to entry to cloud application developmen We want it to be easy for you to try Defang with as little friction as possible, though, so we have done the work so you can easily get started in a GitHub Codespaces environment, a GitPod Workspace, or even a local Dev Container. +{/* truncate */} +