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Best VPS for a Small Business Website
Your business site is your storefront — it shouldn't share a slow, oversold server. Here's how to choose a VPS that's fast, reliable and professional without overspending.
Best VPS for Discord Bots
Discord bots need to run 24/7 without babysitting. Here's how to choose a small, reliable VPS that keeps your bot online — sizing, uptime and process management.
Best VPS for Minecraft Server Hosting: What to Look For
A no-hype buyer's guide to picking a VPS that runs a smooth Minecraft server — the specs that actually matter and how to size a plan for your player count.
Port Forwarding vs a VPS: How to Make a Minecraft Server Public
To let friends join, you either port-forward your home router or run a VPS. Here's an honest comparison of both, with the tradeoffs.
Best Aikar JVM Flags for a Minecraft Server
Aikar's JVM flags tune Java's garbage collector for Minecraft, smoothing out stutter. Here's the full flag set and how to use it.
How to Deploy a FastAPI App with Uvicorn and Nginx
Ship a FastAPI app to production on Ubuntu 24.04 using Uvicorn workers under Gunicorn, a systemd service, and an Nginx reverse proxy.
How to Deploy a Node.js App with PM2
Keep your Node app running forever with PM2: process management, auto-restart on crash and reboot, logs, and zero-downtime reloads.
How to monitor server resources on Linux
Know what your VPS is doing. Learn the essential commands for CPU, memory, disk and network, plus lightweight tools to watch usage over time.
How to check an SSL certificate's expiry and validity
An expired certificate breaks your site instantly. Learn how to check a certificate's expiry, chain and validity from the browser, the command line, and online.
How to Set Up a Minecraft Java Edition Server
A step-by-step guide to running your own always-on Minecraft: Java Edition server on a Linux VPS — from Java to Paper, ports and 24/7 uptime.
How to choose VPS specs: CPU, RAM and NVMe
vCPU, RAM, NVMe and bandwidth — which numbers actually matter for your project? A practical guide to sizing a VPS so you don't overpay or run out of memory.
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