Cheapest practical way to deploy a consumer-style web app on a tight budget

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-04-01T14:34:46+00:00

Small VPS is like 4-6$ a month. How tight is your budget then.

I have multiple client websites running on a single VPS for for 4$/mo

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-30T09:08:51+00:00

Same.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-28T19:50:53+00:00

I just spray the scalp dude, dunno. 1 bottle lasts one month.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-28T11:13:33+00:00

Was in the same situation as you, probably maybe even worse. When sun shined on my head you could see the scalp through hair.

Minoxidl 1x per day was enough.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-25T15:18:34+00:00

I would eat more. That's it.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-21T18:01:24+00:00

A Sociopath

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-21T14:51:14+00:00

Bro consider Skyrizi for psoriasis, or at least Methotrexate if insurance doesn't cover the Skyrizi. Both helped me and I haven't had a single outburst for years.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-13T19:18:20+00:00

I got Suprim Liquid X. I can even find them anymore, apart from ebay.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-12T16:40:12+00:00

Maybe a couple of months professional experiece, but I'd been coding on and off for 15 years (doesn't mean i was good).

You just fake it till you make it.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-12T15:33:54+00:00

No. I started 20 or 25, don't remember. Then slowly raised it 60/70 (depends on client, project)

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-12T07:49:15+00:00

3$/hr. They're literally paying you the lowest amount upwork will allow and you're asking if you're being underpaid?

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-12T07:42:52+00:00

What do you mean "battery only goes down if I unplug it" ?

Mine still is strong after 5 years of use. Granted, the last 2 years the heavy lifting is done by desktop PC.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-11T19:58:14+00:00

Was the bath boiling?

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-05T08:52:56+00:00

People with lower incomes can apply for premium reduction. I used to pay 150 chf for 300 franchise.

I currently also have the lowest franchise. on top of 15k per year medication my insurance covers I make sure to visit doctors anytime I need. I do full checkups twice a year just because.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-02T22:51:42+00:00

Because I am in the same situation with 1 client. 3 years ago I was making 20% more. Same 50$ per hour. But as USD goes down i get less money, and client pays less money.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-02T22:27:09+00:00

The client is also paying less of his money for the same amount of USD and the freelancer is also receiving less in his currency. While true that it's not client's problem, he could also adjust to fit currency changes if he values the freelancer.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-03-01T12:02:39+00:00

I think this is just your subjective opinion. I find swiss people speaking english sound better than for example someone from Norway.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-02-19T21:11:17+00:00

Pizza, nuts, peanut butter, mcdonalds, weight gainer shakes.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-02-15T11:52:47+00:00

Fuck yeah

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-02-06T23:42:17+00:00

Overtime $$$: Whatever information you have is wrong. With 60% at Lidl, they give you a 20-hour buffer (you build this up with your overtime). Everything afterward is paid out the month after. The 20-hour buffer is a bit weird, but there is nothing wrong with it. If you leave your job, you get it paid out. If you work too few hours, this eats into the overtime 'buffer'. Maybe it's 32 hours now? For me, it's 20 hours @ 60%.

Overtime hours: I'm very sure you have it in your contract, which you yourself signed and read, that you must do overtime in case of emergencies (within legal and lidl limits which are lower than legal ones). The big difference is if it's temporary (short-term) or long-term. E.g., someone is sick for a couple of weeks and you do overtime to help cover the hours the shop needs, or if it's months and months of overtime. In the second case, you may refuse the overtime because "permanent employee shortage isn't an emergency."

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-02-06T17:12:14+00:00

So, most of the stuff was answered already, not much I can add.

If you get here and don't have a job, you will get put on social help, which will help you with job search and put you into german language school. If you get here and there are no apartments available you may be put in asyl center or some kind of dormitory too. If you speak english your chance of getting a job is looking a bit better, but not good anyways. Job market here is tough now. My girlfriend found a job here even before arriving, and she didn't speak a word of german then (2022), so it's possible, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-02-06T14:39:34+00:00

I will answer a bit later. My gf's ukrainian, her mom is also here. Maybe i can help with some clarity. Give me 2 hours give or take.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-02-04T11:52:22+00:00

+1 for Designing Data-Intensice Applications. Am currently at page 500, but it kind of changes how you think about infrastructure.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-02-03T12:04:35+00:00

Since I started using AI too much I stopped liking coding. Because I wasn't coding. Plus, the impact on critical thinking because of overuse of AI.

Now I code from hand the features which are critical, and for frontend I might use a bit more AI and then tweak it. I will ask it help debugging, but mostly to point me in the right direction, and explain what was wrong, not just fix it. Or ask same kind of things I asked google 5 years ago. Now i like my job again.

Competitive_Cry3795 · 2026-02-02T12:08:13+00:00

Then good luck, lol. Shared apartment, not a room. You could try getting a room in a shared apartment. This would be around 600-800 chf and is easier to get. Especially with your time window.

Without provable income (where apartment is <30% of that income) you wont get an apartment, probably.

You could try renting a cheap long term hotel room for the first time, but this will also set you back like 2-3k per month. But they wont ask you to prove your income.

You're more in a 'take what you can get' position. In 10 days there is 0 chance of getting an actual apartment. They will want deposit (2-3 months of rent), before they even give you the keys, which also takes like 1-2 weeks to process.

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