I tried self-hosting trigger.dev and it's been pain (easter egg)

all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my build and public log it’s February 1st build and public log it’s February 1st build and public log it’s February 1st 2025 oh it’s been a really rough last 24 2025 oh it’s been a really rough last 24 2025 oh it’s been a really rough last 24 hours hours hours um God it’s been pain uh so I in um God it’s been pain uh so I in um God it’s been pain uh so I in yesterday’s video I talked about how I I yesterday’s video I talked about how I I yesterday’s video I talked about how I I got everything working locally okay I got everything working locally okay I got everything working locally okay I had a backend there was an API I can had a backend there was an API I can had a backend there was an API I can make calls to the AP I it would kick off make calls to the AP I it would kick off make calls to the AP I it would kick off an async task where the agent would an async task where the agent would an async task where the agent would run um everything was looking really run um everything was looking really run um everything was looking really good I got trigger doev working uh I had good I got trigger doev working uh I had good I got trigger doev working uh I had it running there agents were running it running there agents were running it running there agents were running things were going great so I so I things were going great so I so I things were going great so I so I thought things were not actually uh what thought things were not actually uh what thought things were not actually uh what they seemed to turn turns out so um I they seemed to turn turns out so um I they seemed to turn turns out so um I was running in in Dev mode so when you was running in in Dev mode so when you was running in in Dev mode so when you work on software for those of you that work on software for those of you that work on software for those of you that may not know you you work on your local may not know you you work on your local may not know you you work on your local machine you get the server working on machine you get the server working on machine you get the server working on your machine or whatever you’re working your machine or whatever you’re working your machine or whatever you’re working on cuz it’s much easier and faster on cuz it’s much easier and faster on cuz it’s much easier and faster ideally and then you you know it’s like ideally and then you you know it’s like ideally and then you you know it’s like a light fake server sometimes it’s the a light fake server sometimes it’s the a light fake server sometimes it’s the whole whole entire real server and then whole whole entire real server and then whole whole entire real server and then you push up your changes and deploy them you push up your changes and deploy them you push up your changes and deploy them to whatever the Cloud Server wherever to whatever the Cloud Server wherever to whatever the Cloud Server wherever you know your your thing is going to run you know your your thing is going to run you know your your thing is going to run AWS AWS AWS and local your local environment you you and local your local environment you you and local your local environment you you try to get it to match um the real thing try to get it to match um the real thing try to get it to match um the real thing as closely as possible and that’s why as closely as possible and that’s why as closely as possible and that’s why Docker is very popular because it you Docker is very popular because it you Docker is very popular because it you know you can know you can know you can very very closely mimic the like exactly very very closely mimic the like exactly very very closely mimic the like exactly how it’s going to run on the server so how it’s going to run on the server so how it’s going to run on the server so you try to get as close to to that as you try to get as close to to that as you try to get as close to to that as possible and I thought everything was possible and I thought everything was possible and I thought everything was working but turns out it was not working working but turns out it was not working working but turns out it was not working at all and the API backend part is is at all and the API backend part is is at all and the API backend part is is totally fine totally fine totally fine how how it works with trigger dodev is how how it works with trigger dodev is how how it works with trigger dodev is you actually um when you run a Dev you actually um when you run a Dev you actually um when you run a Dev mode it’s pretty different than how it mode it’s pretty different than how it mode it’s pretty different than how it actually works in production your your actually works in production your your actually works in production your your code gets pushed up to the server to run code gets pushed up to the server to run code gets pushed up to the server to run Thea in gr so INR so a tunnel Thea in gr so INR so a tunnel Thea in gr so INR so a tunnel essentially essentially you establish a essentially essentially you establish a essentially essentially you establish a tunnel and you use the API to connect to tunnel and you use the API to connect to tunnel and you use the API to connect to your actual server your actual server your actual server and kick off things there well if you’re and kick off things there well if you’re and kick off things there well if you’re in staging or in staging or in staging or production you have to actually push up production you have to actually push up production you have to actually push up a Docker image to like Docker Hub and a Docker image to like Docker Hub and a Docker image to like Docker Hub and then it could and then that gets then it could and then that gets then it could and then that gets actually deployed and then it actually deployed and then it actually deployed and then it uses your uses your uses your Docker image to actually run things in Docker image to actually run things in Docker image to actually run things in production it’s different it’s it’s production it’s different it’s it’s production it’s different it’s it’s really different so I had everything really different so I had everything really different so I had everything running in running in running in Dev but it turns out that when I Dev but it turns out that when I Dev but it turns out that when I actually went to deploy it which by the actually went to deploy it which by the actually went to deploy it which by the way I got really really stuck on uh way I got really really stuck on uh way I got really really stuck on uh there was a bug and you know Kudos kudos there was a bug and you know Kudos kudos there was a bug and you know Kudos kudos to the to the CEO of trigger. death I I to the to the CEO of trigger. death I I to the to the CEO of trigger. death I I asked in GitHub like hey what’s going on asked in GitHub like hey what’s going on asked in GitHub like hey what’s going on I I can’t like I’m running into an air I I can’t like I’m running into an air I I can’t like I’m running into an air I’ve been Bing my head against the wall I’ve been Bing my head against the wall I’ve been Bing my head against the wall and he responded like really fast in and he responded like really fast in and he responded like really fast in like 30 minutes so Kudos and and huge like 30 minutes so Kudos and and huge like 30 minutes so Kudos and and huge thank you for responding right thank you for responding right thank you for responding right away uh so that worked I got I got it away uh so that worked I got I got it away uh so that worked I got I got it deployed I got I got my I got my Loco Co deployed I got I got my I got my Loco Co deployed I got I got my I got my Loco Co code that trigger runs deployed I had code that trigger runs deployed I had code that trigger runs deployed I had the the docker image like built gets the the docker image like built gets the the docker image like built gets pushed up it got deployed to to the to pushed up it got deployed to to the to pushed up it got deployed to to the to the actual server okay so I am the actual server okay so I am the actual server okay so I am self-hosting or at least I I’m self-hosting or at least I I’m self-hosting or at least I I’m attempting to self-host trigger. death attempting to self-host trigger. death attempting to self-host trigger. death now trigger. is pretty um complicated now trigger. is pretty um complicated now trigger. is pretty um complicated orchestration for like long running orchestration for like long running orchestration for like long running async task so where like an AI agent or async task so where like an AI agent or async task so where like an AI agent or something would run the way they something would run the way they something would run the way they actually run it for their Cloud version actually run it for their Cloud version actually run it for their Cloud version is pretty damn complicated and different is pretty damn complicated and different is pretty damn complicated and different than the self-hosted version but the than the self-hosted version but the than the self-hosted version but the self-hosted version how I had it set up self-hosted version how I had it set up self-hosted version how I had it set up is was a was a huge mess that’s what I is was a was a huge mess that’s what I is was a was a huge mess that’s what I was told so how I had it so how I have was told so how I had it so how I have was told so how I had it so how I have it set it set it set up on the server was just not correct up on the server was just not correct up on the server was just not correct and somebody pointed me to to uh to like and somebody pointed me to to uh to like and somebody pointed me to to uh to like instructions on how to actually do it so instructions on how to actually do it so instructions on how to actually do it so everything was up and running and that everything was up and running and that everything was up and running and that took me quite a while to to get going took me quite a while to to get going took me quite a while to to get going and somebody’s like no that setup is and somebody’s like no that setup is and somebody’s like no that setup is completely wrong it’s not going to work completely wrong it’s not going to work completely wrong it’s not going to work uh it kind of works but not really in uh it kind of works but not really in uh it kind of works but not really in production you got to use this this set production you got to use this this set production you got to use this this set of instructions so I’ve I’ve been I’ve of instructions so I’ve I’ve been I’ve of instructions so I’ve I’ve been I’ve spent hours on this new so I tore spent hours on this new so I tore spent hours on this new so I tore everything down that I had which is so everything down that I had which is so everything down that I had which is so frustrating because it took me uh a long frustrating because it took me uh a long frustrating because it took me uh a long time to get it going and then I’m trying time to get it going and then I’m trying time to get it going and then I’m trying to get it working again and I’m running to get it working again and I’m running to get it working again and I’m running into all these bugs and all these issues into all these bugs and all these issues into all these bugs and all these issues so so so I I’m I’m I’m I’m I’m at my end like I I’m I’m I’m I’m I’m at my end like I I’m I’m I’m I’m I’m at my end like I’ve spent so many hours on this and at I’ve spent so many hours on this and at I’ve spent so many hours on this and at this point it’s like is it worth uh this point it’s like is it worth uh this point it’s like is it worth uh continuing on there’s tons of tons of continuing on there’s tons of tons of continuing on there’s tons of tons of bugs and issues I don’t know I think I bugs and issues I don’t know I think I bugs and issues I don’t know I think I need to um I think I need to keep moving need to um I think I need to keep moving need to um I think I need to keep moving to be completely honest with you one to be completely honest with you one to be completely honest with you one thing I did yesterday was I used okay so thing I did yesterday was I used okay so thing I did yesterday was I used okay so how how I how I figured this all out was how how I how I figured this all out was how how I how I figured this all out was I started doing just like I started doing just like I started doing just like very easygoing load testing so I was very easygoing load testing so I was very easygoing load testing so I was using a tool called k6 this is a very using a tool called k6 this is a very using a tool called k6 this is a very standard tool to just go and hit hit standard tool to just go and hit hit standard tool to just go and hit hit your endpoint and do just basic load your endpoint and do just basic load your endpoint and do just basic load testing I’m trying to build an API testing I’m trying to build an API testing I’m trying to build an API service so it actually has to like service so it actually has to like service so it actually has to like respond to real users using it so I respond to real users using it so I respond to real users using it so I started off with just just like a simple started off with just just like a simple started off with just just like a simple test like test like test like this uh just have 20 this uh just have 20 this uh just have 20 people hitting you know mo you know it’s people hitting you know mo you know it’s people hitting you know mo you know it’s all fake you know of course you run this all fake you know of course you run this all fake you know of course you run this tool and it mimics 20 people just tool and it mimics 20 people just tool and it mimics 20 people just hitting the API somewhat casually and hitting the API somewhat casually and hitting the API somewhat casually and then it ramps up and ramps down and it then it ramps up and ramps down and it then it ramps up and ramps down and it totally failed like it just it totally totally failed like it just it totally totally failed like it just it totally didn’t didn’t work it was like hor didn’t didn’t work it was like hor didn’t didn’t work it was like hor horrendously slow and as the queue got horrendously slow and as the queue got horrendously slow and as the queue got filled up it took a long time filled up it took a long time filled up it took a long time and so I was like okay something’s weird and so I was like okay something’s weird and so I was like okay something’s weird something’s wrong here and I went something’s wrong here and I went something’s wrong here and I went digging digging and I realized uh yeah digging digging and I realized uh yeah digging digging and I realized uh yeah when you’re running in Dev it’s like a when you’re running in Dev it’s like a when you’re running in Dev it’s like a crippled kind of version you got to run crippled kind of version you got to run crippled kind of version you got to run in production or staging okay fine so in production or staging okay fine so in production or staging okay fine so that that’s why I you know did all the that that’s why I you know did all the that that’s why I you know did all the work to try to get it deployed ran into work to try to get it deployed ran into work to try to get it deployed ran into tons and tons of trouble only to realize tons and tons of trouble only to realize tons and tons of trouble only to realize that uh my setup was completely wrong that uh my setup was completely wrong that uh my setup was completely wrong and I at this point I’m just like should and I at this point I’m just like should and I at this point I’m just like should I even bother should I just I even bother should I just I even bother should I just continue continue continue on trying to self host um so I don’t on trying to self host um so I don’t on trying to self host um so I don’t know at this point I’m trying to make know at this point I’m trying to make know at this point I’m trying to make that decision I’m done for the day my that decision I’m done for the day my that decision I’m done for the day my brain is fried I’ve worked just brain is fried I’ve worked just brain is fried I’ve worked just ridiculously hard all day I’m going to ridiculously hard all day I’m going to ridiculously hard all day I’m going to call it quits after this and sleep on it call it quits after this and sleep on it call it quits after this and sleep on it and come back in the morning uh fresh and come back in the morning uh fresh and come back in the morning uh fresh but why do I want to sellos because um I but why do I want to sellos because um I but why do I want to sellos because um I want to control all the data I want to want to control all the data I want to want to control all the data I want to keep the cost really low I was looking keep the cost really low I was looking keep the cost really low I was looking at the pricing for this and it’s like at the pricing for this and it’s like at the pricing for this and it’s like wow if if if there is actually truly um wow if if if there is actually truly um wow if if if there is actually truly um a lot of people hitting this thing and a a lot of people hitting this thing and a a lot of people hitting this thing and a lot of people using lot of people using lot of people using it you know the cost could be very high it you know the cost could be very high it you know the cost could be very high like hundreds and hundreds of dollars to like hundreds and hundreds of dollars to like hundreds and hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars I need to do more thousands of dollars I need to do more thousands of dollars I need to do more testing but uh it testing but uh it testing but uh it looks looks like it could get pricey looks looks like it could get pricey looks looks like it could get pricey pretty quick so I’m going to do a little pretty quick so I’m going to do a little pretty quick so I’m going to do a little bit more experimenting and think on it bit more experimenting and think on it bit more experimenting and think on it all right so that’s my update for today all right so that’s my update for today all right so that’s my update for today I my brain is is feeling fried on to my I my brain is is feeling fried on to my I my brain is is feeling fried on to my random story uh it’ll be a quick one random story uh it’ll be a quick one random story uh it’ll be a quick one here when I first started my career as a here when I first started my career as a here when I first started my career as a software engineer uh I worked at this software engineer uh I worked at this software engineer uh I worked at this really fun place honestly the best job really fun place honestly the best job really fun place honestly the best job I’ve ever had in my life was working at I’ve ever had in my life was working at I’ve ever had in my life was working at this place this place this place um that’s that’s a story for another day um that’s that’s a story for another day um that’s that’s a story for another day I was in charge of a pretty high I was in charge of a pretty high I was in charge of a pretty high visibility visibility visibility project where project where project where uh you had to go through all these p and uh you had to go through all these p and uh you had to go through all these p and there was this nav bar at the bottom of there was this nav bar at the bottom of there was this nav bar at the bottom of the of the screen okay I won’t go into the of the screen okay I won’t go into the of the screen okay I won’t go into the details just there was a there was a the details just there was a there was a the details just there was a there was a navigation bar like on the page like as navigation bar like on the page like as navigation bar like on the page like as you keep clicking to different pages it you keep clicking to different pages it you keep clicking to different pages it was always there and I added an Easter was always there and I added an Easter was always there and I added an Easter egg to to the egg to to the egg to to the product um so there’s the there’s a product um so there’s the there’s a product um so there’s the there’s a famous code for from Nintendo it’s famous code for from Nintendo it’s famous code for from Nintendo it’s called the Konami Code so there’s a called the Konami Code so there’s a called the Konami Code so there’s a goddamn Wikipedia page this is so famous goddamn Wikipedia page this is so famous goddamn Wikipedia page this is so famous so remember this is from like uh so remember this is from like uh so remember this is from like uh Nintendo times so long time ago so you Nintendo times so long time ago so you Nintendo times so long time ago so you do this you press up up down down uh do this you press up up down down uh do this you press up up down down uh left right left right left right left right left right left right ba and a lot of games and a lot of a lot ba and a lot of games and a lot of a lot ba and a lot of games and a lot of a lot of stuff still use this Konami Code uh of stuff still use this Konami Code uh of stuff still use this Konami Code uh literally the other week I I tried literally the other week I I tried literally the other week I I tried playing a a video game like somebody playing a a video game like somebody playing a a video game like somebody made online the Konami Code worked and made online the Konami Code worked and made online the Konami Code worked and fired like a secret weapon so this is fired like a secret weapon so this is fired like a secret weapon so this is this is very like famous so what we did this is very like famous so what we did this is very like famous so what we did was uh we we added a Konami Code or I was uh we we added a Konami Code or I was uh we we added a Konami Code or I did I kind of worked with with somebody did I kind of worked with with somebody did I kind of worked with with somebody a little bit he helped me slip this into a little bit he helped me slip this into a little bit he helped me slip this into the code I know I’m very naughty so when the code I know I’m very naughty so when the code I know I’m very naughty so when you do the it was like a Konami Code but you do the it was like a Konami Code but you do the it was like a Konami Code but I think we changed one letter because it I think we changed one letter because it I think we changed one letter because it interfered with something I don’t know interfered with something I don’t know interfered with something I don’t know on the page and when you did it on top on the page and when you did it on top on the page and when you did it on top of this bar like the entire screen of this bar like the entire screen of this bar like the entire screen turned into the first uh Mario like turned into the first uh Mario like turned into the first uh Mario like level like a like a gif you know it’s level like a like a gif you know it’s level like a like a gif you know it’s like you know and then he runs it’s like very you know and then he runs it’s like very you know and then he runs it’s like very famous he hits the block and you know he famous he hits the block and you know he famous he hits the block and you know he goes through the first level not the goes through the first level not the goes through the first level not the entire thing just the first I don’t know entire thing just the first I don’t know entire thing just the first I don’t know 10 seconds or whatever if somebody 10 seconds or whatever if somebody 10 seconds or whatever if somebody pressed the right combination they could pressed the right combination they could pressed the right combination they could you know you would see this thing and it you know you would see this thing and it you know you would see this thing and it would take over the screen and and it would take over the screen and and it would take over the screen and and it would be Mario well I up I was I would be Mario well I up I was I would be Mario well I up I was I was a much Junior developer in my was a much Junior developer in my was a much Junior developer in my defense that I am now so I up defense that I am now so I up defense that I am now so I up when I so after I after I left this job when I so after I after I left this job when I so after I after I left this job I got a new job somewhere and a friend I got a new job somewhere and a friend I got a new job somewhere and a friend who still worked there told me how the who still worked there told me how the who still worked there told me how the CTO was pissed and he was ranting and CTO was pissed and he was ranting and CTO was pissed and he was ranting and raving he’s like who is who added this raving he’s like who is who added this raving he’s like who is who added this stupid humongous GIF it’s like 6 stupid humongous GIF it’s like 6 stupid humongous GIF it’s like 6 megabytes it this has been around for megabytes it this has been around for megabytes it this has been around for like a year uh this has used I don’t like a year uh this has used I don’t like a year uh this has used I don’t know like half a terabyte of bandwidth know like half a terabyte of bandwidth know like half a terabyte of bandwidth because on every page load I added this because on every page load I added this because on every page load I added this stupid gift oops uh I should have like I stupid gift oops uh I should have like I stupid gift oops uh I should have like I should have dynamically added it to the should have dynamically added it to the should have dynamically added it to the page when you did the code you know what page when you did the code you know what page when you did the code you know what I mean like it downloads it and then it I mean like it downloads it and then it I mean like it downloads it and then it shows it but I I didn’t I couldn’t uh I shows it but I I didn’t I couldn’t uh I shows it but I I didn’t I couldn’t uh I think I couldn’t get that past code think I couldn’t get that past code think I couldn’t get that past code review so I slipped in that actual gift review so I slipped in that actual gift review so I slipped in that actual gift somewhere and the code base but it was somewhere and the code base but it was somewhere and the code base but it was loading it on to every page and this was loading it on to every page and this was loading it on to every page and this was a tool to test like all of the work so a tool to test like all of the work so a tool to test like all of the work so people would go through and test and people would go through and test and people would go through and test and load this page like over and over and load this page like over and over and load this page like over and over and over again like thousands and thousands over again like thousands and thousands over again like thousands and thousands of times and so it loaded that image of times and so it loaded that image of times and so it loaded that image every single every single every single time I time I time I mean okay it wasn’t that I don’t know it mean okay it wasn’t that I don’t know it mean okay it wasn’t that I don’t know it was like gigabytes of of bandwidth and was like gigabytes of of bandwidth and was like gigabytes of of bandwidth and bandwidth is it’s not like it was that bandwidth is it’s not like it was that bandwidth is it’s not like it was that expensive back then this isn’t like the expensive back then this isn’t like the expensive back then this isn’t like the 90s or something so uh I don’t know I 90s or something so uh I don’t know I 90s or something so uh I don’t know I don’t think it was that big of a deal don’t think it was that big of a deal don’t think it was that big of a deal yes I up and I should have I yes I up and I should have I yes I up and I should have I should have made it dynamically load the should have made it dynamically load the should have made it dynamically load the image but whatever um it was pretty funny they they were it was pretty funny they they were it was pretty funny they they were cracking up at him uh and they they knew cracking up at him uh and they they knew cracking up at him uh and they they knew it was me some of the people there and it was me some of the people there and it was me some of the people there and they were like ah Stephen like a stupid they were like ah Stephen like a stupid they were like ah Stephen like a stupid Easter egg uh and only one person found Easter egg uh and only one person found Easter egg uh and only one person found it this guy who was this crazy QA guy it this guy who was this crazy QA guy it this guy who was this crazy QA guy that worked there like crazy in he was that worked there like crazy in he was that worked there like crazy in he was so goddamn good he’ find everything he so goddamn good he’ find everything he so goddamn good he’ find everything he was such a good QA person and of course was such a good QA person and of course was such a good QA person and of course he he found this somehow and he messaged he he found this somehow and he messaged he he found this somehow and he messaged me one time what is this and he sent a me one time what is this and he sent a me one time what is this and he sent a screenshot I I just started cracking up screenshot I I just started cracking up screenshot I I just started cracking up anyways I love Easter eggs I I wish anyways I love Easter eggs I I wish anyways I love Easter eggs I I wish things weren’t so serious nowadays and things weren’t so serious nowadays and things weren’t so serious nowadays and now you can’t do fun stuff like that at now you can’t do fun stuff like that at now you can’t do fun stuff like that at a lot of places but uh uh that wasn’t my a lot of places but uh uh that wasn’t my a lot of places but uh uh that wasn’t my only Easter egg at that at that job only Easter egg at that at that job only Easter egg at that at that job that’s for sure all right that’s all I that’s for sure all right that’s all I that’s for sure all right that’s all I got for today uh hopefully I could get got for today uh hopefully I could get got for today uh hopefully I could get through this self-hosting stuff and through this self-hosting stuff and through this self-hosting stuff and figure this all out because uh this is figure this all out because uh this is figure this all out because uh this is really blocking me and holding me really blocking me and holding me really blocking me and holding me holding me back so I’ll let you know holding me back so I’ll let you know holding me back so I’ll let you know tomorrow what I decide what to do all tomorrow what I decide what to do all tomorrow what I decide what to do all right see you tomorrow