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Ask HN: Cloudtop Suggestions?

2 pointsby nidnogg5 months ago
Hi all! I have some basic scripts I run from my terminal whenever I open them up. It&#x27;s grown a bit over the past year and it&#x27;s really becoming hobo infrastructure at this point.<p>I&#x27;d like a cloud provider that would not give me any surprises, over a fixed rate, to give me a basic linux box to run these from. Some scripts might be in Rust, Python, Golang. I&#x27;m not aiming for them to be too ambitious.<p>I&#x27;ve been eyeing DigitalOcean&#x27;s droplets for their fixed rates at 5 USD for a while. Also Render, but I&#x27;m not sure how flexible that one is. fly.io is complaint central so I&#x27;m avoiding them for a while, but I could be convinced with some compelling arguments.<p>What&#x27;s your go-to cloud provider for this?<p>PS: Merry Christmas!

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indigodaddy5 months ago
For your use case you could probably find a Linux vps for well below $5&#x2F;mo. Even $12&#x2F;yr for decent specs.<p>Check lowendtalk forum offers:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lowendtalk.com&#x2F;categories&#x2F;offers" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lowendtalk.com&#x2F;categories&#x2F;offers</a>
anurag5 months ago
If you&#x27;re looking for a basic Linux box in the cloud to run some scripts, a $5 VPS&#x2F;VM is the way to go.<p>Render operates one level above VMs and is better suited for full-stack production apps. (I&#x27;m the founder&#x2F;CEO; AMA). Merry Christmas!