Use One Big Server (2022)

Just today I wasted some time due to an unexpected Tailscale key expiry and some other issues related to running a container cluster: https://blog.kronis.dev/blog/the-great-container-crashout

Right now, my plan is to move from a bunch of separate VPSes, to one dedicated server from Hetzner and run a few VMs inside of it with separate public IPs assigned to them alongside some resource limits. You can get them for pretty affordable prices, if you don't need the latest hardware: https://www.hetzner.com/sb/

That way I can limit the blast range if I mess things up inside of a VM, but at the same time benefit from an otherwise pretty simple setup for hosting personal stuff, a CPU with 8 threads and 64 GB of RAM ought to be enough for most stuff I might want to do.

That's the worst part of stringing a bunch of cloud together. Auth, keys, config, credentials expiring, logging back into everything all day. It smooths out the brain.

Give me a box, trust me with ssh keys and things are so much easier. Simple is good for the soul and the wallet.