Returning to FreeBSD: A Reflection on Server Deployment Evolution
By
enz
Front-window bakery material. Catches the eye, delivers the goods.
Summary
The article reflects on the evolution of server deployment methods over decades, contrasting old manual FTP/file transfer approaches with modern automated deployment workflows. It discusses the author's personal journey back to FreeBSD, highlighting the reliability and simplicity of traditional UNIX tools while acknowledging the benefits of contemporary CI/CD pipelines and containerization. The piece serves as an introduction to a series exploring FreeBSD in modern development contexts.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledA few decades ago, the only well-known way to deliver something to a server, to make it accessible over the internet, was moving files via FTP in Total Commander, FileZilla or FAR Manager, manually copying files and folders from the left pane to the right one.
The more advanced among us preferred standard UNIX tools like scp or rsync instead, but the process was essentially the same.
Not rocket science (which is the best part), and it worked! The only obvious problem was that inevitable 'oops' moment we've all had — something misclicked, accidentally deleted, edited in the wrong place.
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