tl;dr when getting started, use and abuse free credits from managed services. Then start self hosting and I recommend the approach I outlined in the guide above.
Edit: as @marc said, I would also recommend using a managed service for your database hosting regardless of which stage you’re at. Aiven is a good option as it has a Postgres free tier with 5GB storage, more than enough for a lot of production websites
Nice, even tho on a free tier it's a single node, they probably still manage backups and disaster recovery for you. Seems convinient, although a geek in me wants to run 2 nodes on Hetzner 😅
You will probably find my blog post useful: ben-makes-stuff.beehiiv.com/p…
tl;dr when getting started, use and abuse free credits from managed services. Then start self hosting and I recommend the approach I outlined in the guide above.
Edit: as @marc said, I would also recommend using a managed service for your database hosting regardless of which stage you’re at. Aiven is a good option as it has a Postgres free tier with 5GB storage, more than enough for a lot of production websites
Nice, even tho on a free tier it's a single node, they probably still manage backups and disaster recovery for you. Seems convinient, although a geek in me wants to run 2 nodes on Hetzner 😅
They do yes. Automated backups and everything by default without needing to configure anything