Tagged: hosting
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- Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Base44: hosting compared
14 July 2026
A side-by-side look at what Lovable, Bolt, Replit, and Base44 actually give you for hosting, and where each one runs out for a growing app.
- AI app builder vendor lock-in, explained
7 July 2026
Not all lock-in is equal. Here's how to tell what you can take with you from your AI-built app, and what you'd have to rebuild.
- Why your free-tier project keeps pausing itself
7 July 2026
Backend-as-a-service platforms pause free-tier projects after inactivity. Here's why, how to unpause one, and how to stop it happening to a live app.
- Building a managed hosting business as a team of one
7 July 2026
An honest look at building a managed hosting business solo: where the time goes, what one person can promise, and what has to be automated or dropped.
- VPS vs cloud vs colocation for a small SaaS
7 July 2026
Three ways to host a small SaaS, honestly compared on cost, effort, and risk. Most small SaaS should not colocate, and here's when they should.
- Edge platform vs PaaS vs self-hosting compared
7 July 2026
A real three-way comparison of an edge platform, a full-app PaaS, and self-hosting for AI-built apps: cost, effort, risk, and where each one wins.
- The first weeks of building Stackbastion in public
7 July 2026
An honest early-days look at building a hosting business in public: why it exists, what's built so far, and what's still just a plan.
- How we host this site (and why on a VPS)
7 July 2026
How this site is hosted: the marketing site runs on a static host, while the customer product stays on a self-managed VPS. Here's why the split is deliberate.
- Moving off Replit to real production hosting
7 July 2026
Replit is great for building. It's not built to be your production home. Here's an honest, step-by-step plan to move your app to real hosting.
- Managed PaaS vs a raw VPS: cost and control
7 July 2026
A plain comparison of managed app platforms and a raw VPS on price, effort, and control, so you can pick the right host as your app grows.
- Replit Always On vs real hosting
7 July 2026
Replit Always On keeps your Repl awake, but that's not production hosting. Here's what it does, what it doesn't, and when to move on.
- Replit's included database: what it's good for
7 July 2026
Replit ships with a built-in database that's great for prototypes. Here's an honest look at what it handles well and the points where a real app outgrows it.
- Replit deployment alternatives, explained
7 July 2026
A clear-eyed look at where Replit hosting hits its limits and the alternatives worth moving to when your app gets real traffic.
- Self-hosting vs PaaS: the real cost
7 July 2026
The honest total cost of self-hosting vs PaaS once you add tested backups, monitoring, and your own time. The €5 server isn't €5.
- Usage-based hosting costs as your app scales
7 July 2026
A usage-based edge platform is smooth to start and painful to predict at scale. Here's what drives the bill and where it bites hardest.
- Why not just use a self-hosted PaaS layer?
7 July 2026
A self-hosted PaaS layer is a genuinely good free tool. Here's what it does well, and the real reasons you might still pay for managed hosting.
- Why we host the product on a VPS instead of a big cloud
7 July 2026
The honest reasoning behind running our customers' apps on a plain VPS: why we skip the big three clouds and what that trade actually costs us.