trigger-dev-self-hosted-preferred-over-cloud-for-claude-code-managed-infra

Trigger.dev Cloud was initially recommended for ‘zero maintenance,’ but this was wrong when Claude Code is the ops team. Self-hosted Trigger.dev on EC2 is the correct choice: Claude Code can upgrade images, tune ClickHouse, scale supervisor workers, and debug live — same as any other container on the host. Cloud version removes control and adds external dependency without operational benefit when you have a capable AI ops team with root access.