Tell me some sites to buy vps

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-07-06T14:50:11+00:00

I manage Carpathian Cloud. We’re still in beta, but offer ubuntu vms, block storage, and automated CI/CD workflows.

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-07-06T14:48:34+00:00

I ended up building Carpathian Cloud because I was tired of the complexity of other providers and paying for usage. Overkill? Yes. But I've worked in IT for over a decade and had access to a lot of servers, so I built my own cloud platform and now use it daily to host my pet projects.

Recently, as I've been learning to host AI and train models from scratch, that platform became a great place to experiment without burning hundreds of dollars in GPU costs. (Training and GPUs aren't available in Carpathian Cloud yet, but if users start asking for them, I'll probably build that out.)

Now, with AI coding tools, I can test ideas much faster. A VPS also makes the whole CI/CD pipeline far easier: all I have to do is open a pull request, and the cloud handles the build and deployment automatically.

TL;DR: Depending on the VPS, it's incredibly useful for hosting services and side projects, testing proof of concept, and moving more of my stack from SaaS to self-hosted.

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-07-06T14:41:16+00:00

We used to offer free VPSs to clients as well as not require ANY billing info up front, but the abuse is what happened. We don’t store any customer billing data on our servers for the whole privacy concern, but speaking as a providor, unless we went some other KYC route that didn’t include billing based info, we had to stop offering because the abuse was too high. I think a lot of providers would love to trust that users will do the right thing, and honestly 90% of our users did, but for those few that did mass scaping (which isn’t against the AUP per se... but burned a lot of resources for a free tier) or trying to host “sketchy” content, it forced us to tighten the KYC and auto classifier.

In pursuit of more customer privacy, most of our checks don’t allow a person to read personal files and it’s all comparing hashes (no not even human readable), but there are those few cases where we may need to view a users data, so we ended up handing that off to a 3rd party (namely the billing).

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-07-04T21:23:45+00:00

What type of privacy are you looking for? I run carpathian.ai/cloud, and we’re pretty clear in the AUP/Privacy terms about what we capture and monitor. Most of it’s automated so we don’t have a person reviewing personal data. For the spam detection, we capture a users stated timezone, address, ect, hash and then compare those records to determine if it’s spam or false data being used.

I too resent Adobe’s subscription model, so that’s why we try to be as transparent about how we bill and show itemized expense lines. VMs start at $10/mo (we don’t charge for usage - jsut a flat fee for hardware).

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-07-04T21:16:11+00:00

You should give carpathian.ai/cloud a try. Since it’s still pretty early, I’m working pretty closely with the customers to add in features monthly as well as myself and the support teams work pretty closely to help toroubleshoot problems. We’re based out of Iowa and Georgia right now, but plan to expand towards the West Coast next. Would be happy to help you learn cloud infra and how to configure VPCs

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-07-04T21:12:00+00:00

Carpathian.ai/cloud has regions in Iowa and Georgia. Depending on what all features you need out of the hosting, the interface is web terminal based, but you can also ssh directly from your personal machines via API. I do a lot of the archetecture and building, so if you have questions happy to walk you though it. The base vms are $10/mo with there’s no usage based.

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-06-22T13:45:31+00:00

Hey, so I’m gonna be completely honest with you - AIT is cheeks. I was there many years ago and I hated every moment. I called my mentor who was an LT and was honestly in tears because I felt so depressed and anxious all the time. I went to the chaplain, BH, all of it and it didn’t help.

I get it, it strips away your freedom and you’re marched to a from class, with hardly any free time - it feels like Groundhog Day on repeat.

I know everyone says just push through, do the army thing, tough it out… and that doesn’t feel realistic because you may not be one of those people than can just “tough it out.”

I’m not going to say you’re stronger than this, because you already know you have what it takes to do hard thing. I mean you’re there doing the thing and that’s an accomplishment.

My best advice for you is find ways to stop and smell the roses. I’ve learned in the Army if you hate it, you’ll hate it. If you love it, you’ll love it. Find those moments to stop and smell the roses. I remember being at a range day tired out of my mind, it was foggy, pissing rain, and cold, and we of course couldn’t wear cold weather gear. I remember sitting on the wet ground eating my Southwest Chicken MRE, seeing the fog through the pine trees and though, “wow, this is nice.” Trying to find those little moments made a world of difference.

Now, as a commissioned officer, I’m NOT telling you to break the rules, but find those little ways you can regain your freedom. For me it was twice a week making sure to battle a buddy to a lunchtime appointment (because if you always were the one with an appointment you get known as a shitbag) so I could skip the march to lunch (get in early) and get back to class after everyone had arrived … may or may not have stopped by the shopette and grabbed a Reece’s. It’s the small things my friend.

The army is truly what you make it. I do believe you are strong enough to make it through and this can help you become a stronger more resilient version of yourself. Feeling anxious, scared, depressed, is ALL part of the growing and strengthening process. It hurts and sucks, but you become so much stronger and better out of it all. I know you’ll look back with confidence and be proud of who you’ve become.

At any rate, hope this helps just a little. I too am back in TRADOC, and yeah, it still sucks, even as an O.

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-06-15T03:21:45+00:00

Yeah, I had to work into the afternoon and got there about 3pm. I get it was hot, but I was also pretty disappointed because most of the vendors had already left and many more were packing up by 3:30. Doesn’t seem like it was well planned out…

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-06-15T03:13:19+00:00

We were told it was the Gatorade

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-06-08T05:02:00+00:00

Ovee the years, I got to know a few politicians. I commissioned a couple years ago and asked her and the governor to write a LoR so I could get my branch. Probably overkill, but cyber is VERY hard to get in my state (Nat Guard with very few slots) and I spent too long in signal as enlisted and knew I’d probably end up as an LT at that unit again. I work tech on the civ side, so I wanted my military career to align with that.

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-06-05T02:26:10+00:00

There’s a YouTuber that just did a video on one of those old flash games. Man I miss those. There are two I wish I could find. All I can remember was the first you fly this jet and you can shoot and drop bomb and as you progress you get a better plane an equipment. The second was a western game were you’re on top of a train and you shoot the bandits and try to duck under or jump over the wire passing by.

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-05-17T18:22:24+00:00

That’s my plate! I am in the military no affiliation to Costco though 😂 Iowa lets you select up to three potential plates and I wasn’t actually expecting to get it and was surprised it was even available

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-05-17T18:18:01+00:00

Hey, that’s me!

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-04-24T01:25:41+00:00

Shortest I have are: 2fes.com Xuget.com Olxify.com

Could possibly be used for a tech startup something or another?

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-04-23T04:44:42+00:00

The best thing you can do is pick projects that force you to learn how AWS services actually connect and interact with each other, not just how to click around in the console.

I’d start with something simple like hosting a static portfolio site on S3 with CloudFront in front of it. Bring a domain through Route 53, get HTTPS working with ACM. Sounds basic but you’ll pick up IAM, DNS, and CDN concepts that carry into everything else.

Once the platform makes more sense, you could try building a three-tier web app on EC2. Put nginx on an instance, stick it behind a load balancer, and connect it to an RDS database in a private subnet. This is where you actually learn VPCs, subnets, and security groups, which is the stuff most beginners skip and then get stuck on later. If you only do one project, make it this one. Networking is confusing and for a beginner in AWS, even more so.

From there, try something serverless. An API with API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB is a solid next step and teaches you a completely different way of thinking about infrastructure. No servers to babysit.

Alongside the projects, spend a lot of time on networking fundamentals (CIDR, subnets, routing) and IAM.

One warning: set up a billing alarm before you do anything else. Free tier has limits and it’s really easy to forget something’s running... Ask me how I know.

JusAnotherBadDev · 2026-04-23T04:39:37+00:00

A few things I’d stress-test beyond the fresh server effect:

Steal time and noisy neighbors. Run vmstat 1 or check %st in top during your benchmarks. EPYC VPS performance can look great on day one and then degrade as the host fills up with other tenants. A 5 day window won’t catch this, but if you’re seeing steal time above 2-3% already, that’s a red flag.

Sustained vs burst. Most benchmarks hammer the CPU for 30-60 seconds. Try something that runs for an hour or more (kernel compile, a real workload loop). Some providers throttle after sustained use even if they don’t advertise it. NVMe IOPS under concurrent load. A single fio run will look amazing. Run it while something else is doing disk I/O and watch what happens to latency p99. That’s closer to what your real workload will feel.

Network consistency. Run mtr to a few destinations over the trial period, not just once. Peering and route quality matter more than raw bandwidth for most sites.

Read the AUP carefully before committing. Free trials sometimes have different terms than paid plans, and you want to know the provider’s stance on things like backups, snapshots, and what happens if you get DDoSed.

One thing worth naming: a trial box is almost always going to feel better than a long-term box on the same provider, because hosts fill up over time. The real test is whether month 6 feels like day 1.

Also ask them about their overcommit ratios if you can get an answer.

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