Over the years, I kept tweaking my setup and now settled with running everything as a docker container. The orchestrator is docker-compose instead of systemd. The proxy is caddy instead of nginx. But same as the author, I also write a deploy script for each project I need to run. Overall I think it's quite similar.
One of the many benefits of using docker is that I can use the same setup to run 3rd party software. I've been using this setup for a few years now and it's awesome. It's robust like the author mentioned. But if you need the flexibility, you can also do whatever you want.
The only pain point I have right now is on rolling deployment. As my software scales, a few second of downtime every deployment is becoming an issue. I don't have a simple solution yet but perhaps docker swarm is the way to go.
One of the many benefits of using docker is that I can use the same setup to run 3rd party software. I've been using this setup for a few years now and it's awesome. It's robust like the author mentioned. But if you need the flexibility, you can also do whatever you want.
The only pain point I have right now is on rolling deployment. As my software scales, a few second of downtime every deployment is becoming an issue. I don't have a simple solution yet but perhaps docker swarm is the way to go.