Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?
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A Hacker News discussion explores practical uses for affordable VPS instances, with users debating whether small always-on servers justify maintenance overhead compared to running workloads locally.
Why it mattersFor AI tool builders and operators, this discussion reveals real-world patterns in how developers decide between cheap cloud infrastructure versus local machines for running models and services continuously.
From the source: DHH's "AI shed" idea got me thinking about getting a small $5–10/month VPS. I'm a Linux guy and have on many points of my life have a personal server. So I like the idea of having something always on, but I’m not sure the maintenance is worth it when most things can just run on my laptop. That…Read at news.ycombinator.com