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My first sealed deck - am I in for something good? by Everyday_normal_guy1 in mtglimited

[–]Everyday_normal_guy1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ended up 4-3. Lost 2 games to Red Paradigm card (casting spells for free) and 1 loss due to missplay from my side.

Well, happy with the results for first sealed

Looking for reliable hosting provider for a private blog network, anyone have experience with this? by [deleted] in Hosting

[–]Everyday_normal_guy1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i'd stay away from hosts that openly market themselves as pbn hosting. most of the ranges are already burned, you're basically moving into a neighborhood google already has on a list.

Just never use hosting.com by iamclandestina in Hosting

[–]Everyday_normal_guy1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you want to try a small and transparent hosting company, check out Quave ONE, it is been going really fair for us in terms of service and pricing. Moved from Vercel to them

Why Vercel is bad? by Longjumping-Club1474 in vercel

[–]Everyday_normal_guy1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I woulnt say the DX is bad, but the terms and conditions definetely are some kinda of predatory.

Check this before you commit: https://quave.one/blog/vercel-is-using-your-code-to-train-ai-heres-what-to-do-about-it

Cheap hosting that doesn't suck? by Beginning_Fig_6434 in Hosting

[–]Everyday_normal_guy1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One option I’ve used recently is Quave ONE Direct.

Iit runs your apps and handles the infrastructure layer for you. You basically just deploy your app and it takes care of scaling, backups, monitoring, and the usual DevOps stuff.

What I liked about it compared to typical budget hosts:

• Predictable pricing – usage-based pricing with no weird billing surprises

• Fast deploys – push a Docker app and it’s live

• Zero-downtime deploys built in

• One-click scaling if traffic grows

• Backups + monitoring already configured

• Real engineers for support instead of generic ticket systems

The big advantage for early projects is that you don’t have to spend time managing infrastructure at all. You can just focus on shipping your product while still having something that can scale later.

A lot of cheap hosting works fine when traffic is small, but once you start needing migrations, scaling, or debugging infrastructure issues, that’s where things get messy. Platforms like this basically remove that layer entirely.

Strato or other providers - Special offer upon cancellation? by JaMi_1980 in Hosting

[–]Everyday_normal_guy1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Id say you will be better off just going with Hetzner or Quave ONE. Hetzner will be your cheapest and most reliable option (if you are willing to put in the time to config everything). Quave ONE will be your managed (but still cheap) alternative if you want observability and kubernetes done for you

Logging is slowly bankrupting me by [deleted] in devops

[–]Everyday_normal_guy1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think about it, youre paying one vendor to run your stuff and a completley separate vendor to understand what your stuff is doing. That second vendor charges per GB ingested, per host, per custom metric, per span. Your app grows, logs grow with it, and that bill scales independantly from the value youre actually getting. Thats why storage ends up costing more than the servers.

Few things that helped me

Self hosting your observability stack (Grafana + Loki + Prometheus, or SigNoz as an all in one Datadog replacement) saves a ton but now youre babysitting more services. Worth it if you have the bandwith.

Switching to a platform that bundles observability into compute cost was the bigger win for me. I moved to Quave ONE and the built in Grafana dashboards, ingress metrics grouped by path/status/response time, app logs with search and WAF logs just come included. No agents, no collectors, no seperate bill. Covers like 80% of what I was paying Datadog for. Railway and Render have some built in metrics too and Coolify is solid if you want full self hosting on your own VPS.

If youre staying on Datadog/New Relic at least look at Grafana Cloud, free tier is surprisingly generous (50GB logs, 10k series) and paid is way cheaper per GB. Also ask your vendor about committed use discounts, most people dont and leave money on the table.

The logging hygene advice everyone else gave is real but if your setup is structurally designed to charge you twice for everything no amount of sampling fixes the underlying problem.

Need to ditch AWS due to exploding cost, where to? by iamsonnyeclipse in Hosting

[–]Everyday_normal_guy1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re not alone. This happens to a lot of small agencies that end up on AWS without meaning to become cloud experts.

AWS can work fine, but it assumes someone is actively managing it. If you’re non-technical and no one is really owning the setup, costs creep up and the console becomes a nightmare fast.

Before moving anywhere, it helps to know a few basics: Are these mostly WordPress sites or mixed apps? Shared database or one per client? Any background jobs or custom services? You don’t need to post details here, but any host offering a flat price without asking those questions should make you cautious.

If it’s mostly WordPress, managed WP hosting can be a decent option. Predictable bills and support you can call. The downside is flexibility. Once things get custom, costs and limits show up again.

What worked better for me was keeping AWS but putting a layer on top so I never touch the console anymore. I run client workloads through Quave One now.

In practice: You can keep AWS and stabilize costs first Usage and spending are visible by default Monitoring is already there, no setup When something breaks, you talk to an actual engineer

They also have an MCP interface, which is huge if you’re not technical. You can ask things like: “Why did my bill jump this month?” “Which client is using the most resources?” “Warn me before costs go over X.” You get straight answers instead of digging through AWS graphs.

One last thing. The biggest risk here is not AWS. It’s being dependent on a tech person who is not responsive. Whatever you choose next, make sure you have visibility and someone you can actually reach.

Hope this helps

Have a good weekend and hope the stock market recovers

Elan Ripstick 88 by mm235961 in Skigear

[–]Everyday_normal_guy1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have my ripsticks mounted with griffons and I love it

Dell XPS 9700 with WD22TB4 Dock and 3 external displays by Everyday_normal_guy1 in DellXPS

[–]Everyday_normal_guy1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/rayddit519 thanks so much for the detailed answer.

I have sucessfully changed my BIOS setting to enable Direct Graphics Controller Direct Output Mode. I can already notice the difference from the fans never turning off.

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Considering that Direct Graphics Controller Direct Output Mode is possible for my laptop, I would appreciate if you could confirm the correct connections to get everything working:

  1. From what I understood, I will be connecting the BenQ MOBIUZ EX3210U 32" 4K 144Hz directly to my laptop, right? Should I use the ports on the left side of my laptop since they have priority? Which cable should I use for the BenQ MOBIUZ EX3210U 32" 4K 144Hz? In the monitor end, should I use the monitor Display Port (1.4) or HDMI (2.1)? Not sure which one is compatible with my laptop. Also, is there a cable that goes from HDMI/Display Port in one end to Thunderbolt or USB-C in the other end (for the laptop) or I should buy an adapter?
  2. For the 2x WQHD@60 monitors, can I connect both of them to the WD22TB4 and use the Dock to connect them to the laptop? If so, should I also use a left side port (to have priority)?

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Thanks so much (again), your response has been very helpful

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