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Hey fellow Indie Hackers, what is your hosting stack?

Hey all,
I am doing some research for what is idle tech stack used in new products and best hosting services for same ?

For most founders choosing the technology part is mostly easy. We start with what language/platform we were comfortable in past. But hosting... ah lots of confusions. Have often seen many just stick to Amazon Free credits because they got it from some program even if its not best at their current level.

Keen to know what different hosting platforms you tried and which one from it is working best + affordable way against your tech stack.

on March 10, 2023
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    Vultr has worked really well for me in the past. It is more practical than renting servers, but easier and cheaper than AWS or GCN. And their support is quick and efficient.

    I deploy services running in Go on FreeBSD with PostgreSQL as database. Most of the process is automatized with shell scripts.

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    Just switched from heroku to render (rails dev). Way cheaper and render is not a faceless company for non enterprise customers ( support is why I switched) Seems to be just as easy or easier for setup but I’m still learning the ropes.

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    LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
    Easy to set up and is suitable for small to medium-sized websites.

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      Hosted via which provider/services and what tier ?

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    I use a mix of SaaS and self-hosted apps to deliver Problemattic:

    • Bubble.io: the application and database (SaaS)
    • Mailgun: transactional emails (SaaS)
    • Discourse: discussion forums (hosted via Digital Ocean Docker Droplet)
    • Anchor.fm: podcast (SaaS)
    • Trello: dev roadmap (SaaS)
    • Passbolt: secure password sharing (hosted via Digital Ocean Docker Droplet)
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    There are lots of tech stacks and lots of hosting platforms. But yeah if you are choosing reactjs, (I mean reactjs has seriously good performance compared to a lot of other frontend libraries). Then you should definitely use the below mentioned platforms:

    Netlify: is recognized for its integration with Git repositories and continuous deployment support. It has features for static site hosting and includes serverless functions that are great for managing dynamic functionality in React.js applications.

    Vercel is a hosting platform tailored for front-end applications with strong support for React.js. It has instant preview feature for real-time React app changes and provides a global CDN for enhanced performance

    and other platforms like firebase, Github page and AWS amplify (these are the industry leaders), but the above two are famous for reactjs

    also if you want to know reactjs vs node js you can visit here: https://www.biztechcs.com/blog/nodejs-vs-reactjs/

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    I usually go with Next.js with Vercel (frontend) and Ruby On Rails with Heroku (backend) as I'm most comfortable with those, but I'm looking forward to more affordable alternatives 😁

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    Host my backend with docker-compose on a hetzner cloud vm
    It contains NestJs, MySQL, NGINX, RethinkDB, Keycloak and Kafka

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    I use C++, Linux, Clang, a Boost library, Vim, etc. to develop an on-line C++ code generator. It writes low-level messaging and serialization code based on high-level input. https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards

    It's a network service with a binary protocol rather than being a web service.

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    React Native, Google Cloud , Rust, Python, https://cruxmagica.com for AI stuff, and ChatGPT

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      Which services of Google Cloud and how much it costed you ?

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    My tech stack preference,
    Nextjs + tailwind css + Firebase / Postgresql + vercel / railway.app
    Do checkout onsheets.io, a quick db to build MVP's (I am affiliated to them)

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      Where you are hosting your nextjs apps ? Same for postgresSql which hosting provider and plan worked for you ?

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        nextjs apps on vercel, railway.app for postgresql.

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    I mostly use Next.js with a firebase backend, then deploy on Vercel (Serverless functions)

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    Static HTML + vanilla JS for frontend on Netlify. Cloud functions (serverless) hosted on GCP. Barely cost anything and always available 👌

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    Django, Postgres, React, Docker deployed on EC2 and S3 instances

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    Currently running on the free tier at Fly.io. Django and Celery in docker images backed by PostgreSQL and Redis.

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    NextJS/TS on Netlify, GCP, and Cloudflare.

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    Firebase for backend and Vercel for hosting
    Chatlr

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    I don't like the 'pay based on usage' systems. Custom VDS on Hertzner more logical.
    I am using Java and Vue for https://chectkhe.website

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    I upload my code + assets on Github and use Netlify to connect the repo to the namecheap domain.

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    Patr.cloud is new one...try it out

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    I use wordpress+vultr+server avatar for launchpedia

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    Google Cloud , My Tech Stack is Rust, Flutter, Go, Mongo

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    Netlify for Frontend, Deta for backend and FreesqlDatabase For Database. My Tech Stack is Reactjs, FastAPI and MySQL.

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    I use digital Ocean droplets with a lamp stack

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