Engineering articles from DigitalOcean
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Native .NET Buildpack Support is Now Available on App Platform
DigitalOcean has announced native .NET buildpack support on its App Platform, enabling developers to deploy .NET applications directly from a Git repository without the need for Dockerfiles. The...
How DigitalOcean’s Agentic Inference Cloud powered by NVIDIA GPUs Achieved 67% Lower Inference Costs for Workato
This article details the collaboration between DigitalOcean and Workato's AI Research Lab to optimize large language model (LLM) inference using NVIDIA GPUs. The focus is on achieving cost efficiency...
Supabase Template is Now Available on DigitalOcean App Platform
The article announces the availability of a Supabase template on DigitalOcean App Platform, enabling developers to deploy a complete backend solution with minimal effort. Supabase serves as an...
Zero to Deploy: Launching Your Career at DigitalOcean
The article highlights the transition of recent graduates into their roles at DigitalOcean, emphasizing the hands-on experience they gain in AI infrastructure and cloud computing. It showcases...
Expanding our Agentic Inference Cloud: Introducing GPU Droplets Powered by AMD Instinct™ MI350X GPUs
DigitalOcean has announced the launch of GPU Droplets powered by AMD Instinct™ MI350X GPUs, aimed at enhancing the capabilities of their Agentic Inference Cloud. These GPUs, built on the AMD CDNA™ 4...
DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI GPU Droplets Optimized for Inference: Increasing Throughput at Lower the Cost
The article discusses the development of DigitalOcean's Inference Optimized Image for GPU Droplets, specifically designed to enhance the performance of large language model (LLM) inference. It...
DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform Now Integrates with LlamaIndex
DigitalOcean has announced the integration of its Gradient AI Platform with LlamaIndex, a framework designed for building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications. This integration allows...
Heroku’s Next Chapter Is Maintenance. Yours Shouldn’t Be
The article outlines Heroku's transition to a maintenance mode, emphasizing the risks of stagnation for teams relying on it. It highlights the importance of evaluating migration options to platforms...
The Container paradox: Why the Inference Cloud Demands a “Decoupled” Database
The article explores the challenges of managing databases within Kubernetes clusters, particularly in the context of the Inference Cloud, where AI-driven applications require efficient data access...
LLM Inference Benchmarking - Measure What Matters
The article delves into the complexities of production-grade LLM inference, emphasizing the need for hardware-software co-design to achieve optimal performance. It outlines the two phases of...
Now Available: Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 on DigitalOcean’s Agentic Inference Cloud
The article announces the availability of Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 on DigitalOcean's Gradient™ AI Platform, emphasizing its advanced features such as a 1M-token context and agentic coding...
Run Multiple OpenClaw AI Agents with Elastic Scaling and Safe Defaults — without Managing Infrastructure
The article discusses the deployment of OpenClaw, an open-source framework for building AI assistants, on DigitalOcean's App Platform. It highlights the challenges of managing multiple AI agents in...
Technical Deep Dive: How we Created a Security-hardened 1-Click Deploy OpenClaw
The article discusses the development of a security-hardened 1-Click Deploy solution for OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant. It emphasizes the importance of secure communications through TLS, the...
Introducing Moltbot on DigitalOcean: One-Click Deploy, Security-hardened, Production-Ready Agentic AI
The article introduces OpenClaw, a production-ready AI framework available for one-click deployment on DigitalOcean. It emphasizes the importance of security and operational reliability when...
Technical Deep Dive: How we Created a Security-hardened 1-Click Deploy Moltbot
The article outlines the development of a security-hardened 1-Click Deploy solution for OpenClaw, an AI assistant, emphasizing the importance of secure deployment practices. It discusses the...
Technical Deep Dive: How DigitalOcean and AMD Delivered a 2x Production Inference Performance Increase for Character.ai
This article presents a comprehensive technical deep dive into the collaboration between DigitalOcean and AMD to enhance the performance of Character.ai's AI models. By optimizing the use of AMD...
Introducing Multiple Registry Support on DigitalOcean Container Registry
The article introduces the General Availability of multiple registry support in DigitalOcean's Container Registry, allowing users on the Professional Plan to create and manage up to 10 registries...
Building the Inference Cloud, and What Comes Next
The article outlines DigitalOcean's strategic advancements in AI and cloud services, particularly the launch and enhancement of the Gradient AI Platform aimed at simplifying AI integration for...
Speed Up Your JavaScript Apps: Native Bun Support is Now Available on App Platform
The article discusses the introduction of native Bun support on DigitalOcean's App Platform, highlighting its advantages such as improved performance, zero configuration deployment, and seamless...
A Year of Innovation: DigitalOcean Managed Databases in 2025
In 2025, DigitalOcean introduced significant upgrades to its Managed Databases, focusing on performance, flexibility, and ease of use for developers. Key enhancements included support for new...