...It Works Fine Locally

Deploying a project to the cloud can present challenges even if it works fine locally, leading to common frustrations for developers. Render, a cloud platform, offers a comprehensive checklist to streamline the deployment process and address typical issues encountered when moving from a local environment to the cloud. Key considerations include explicitly defining software versions, managing configurations through environment variables, implementing health checks, ensuring production builds are accurate, and addressing file storage persistence. Additionally, it is crucial to configure custom domains with SSL/TLS and consider the implications of ephemeral filesystems. While Docker can help align development and production environments, it introduces additional complexity. Render aims to simplify these complexities, providing developers with a robust platform that handles infrastructure concerns, allowing them to focus on app development and delivery.