The latest articles on DEV Community by Losh531 (@losh531). https://dev.to/losh531 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F488968%2F09361b1d-6a74-4376-b4ef-a36278cbb685.png https://dev.to/losh531 en Losh531 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 18:52:52 +0000 https://dev.to/losh531/what-s-the-best-vps-2b59 https://dev.to/losh531/what-s-the-best-vps-2b59 <h2> What is a VPS? </h2> <blockquote> <p>A VPS is<code>a virtual machine sold as a service by an Internet hosting service and runs its copy of an operating system (OS), and customers may have super user-level access to that operating system instance, so they can install almost any software that runs on that OS.</code> Keep note of that as we will need this for reference. In short, VPSes are virtual machines. Which uses the idea of <strong>Virtualization</strong>. Virtualization, from Wikipedia, is basically: <code>resources are still shared, as, under the time-sharing model, virtualization provides a higher level of security, dependent on the type of virtualization used, as the individual virtual servers are mostly isolated from each other and may run their full-fledged operating system which can be independently rebooted as a virtual instance.</code></p> </blockquote> <h2> Okay! Give me the choices! </h2> <p>Here you go:</p> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th></th> <th>Cheapest Plan</th> <th>If you want a little extra Plan</th> <th>I have the money to afford anything Plan</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>GalaxyGate</td> <td>$3.00</td> <td>$5.00</td> <td>$240.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>DigitalOcean</td> <td>$5.00</td> <td>$10.00</td> <td>$1200.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hostbend</td> <td>$2.99</td> <td>$9.00</td> <td>$65.00</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <p><strong>OKAY!</strong> Why are you giving us a price table? This is for your price budget. You need to look at your budget or range. Which provider fits the criteria of the budget range.</p> <h2> Cheapest VPS: Hostbend </h2> <p>Hostbend is definitely the cheapest provider. You can host your discord bot or project for $2.99! Personally, Hostbend has pretty quick support, although their UI can be improved.</p> <p><a href="https://hostbend.com">Website</a></p> <h2> Best Value: DigitalOcean </h2> <p>Even though DigitalOcean is a bit more costly, it definitely has the best UI, is easiest to use (for example you can create a server with docker already preinstalled!) and you get billed hourly, so there is less commitment (you could just use a server for like 50 mins for free :)). </p> <p><a href="https://m.do.co/c/c4ac7c20afda">Website</a></p> <h2> Runner Up: GalaxyGate </h2> <p>I've used GalaxyGate for a while, and it's very reliable, but you get less!</p> <p><a href="https://galaxygate.com">Website</a></p> <h1> If you use DigitalOcean, you can get $100 free credit if you use this link! </h1> <p><a href="https://m.do.co/c/c4ac7c20afda">Get $100 credit for DigitalOcean</a></p> <h2> Hey, I found something better! I think you should check it out! </h2> <p>Feel free to reply to this post and I'll check it out and maybe add it.<br> <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Losh531"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--MH73llo9--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://cdn.buymeacoffee.com/buttons/v2/arial-blue.png" alt="Buy Me A Coffee"></a></p> Losh531 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 20:31:02 +0000 https://dev.to/losh531/programmatically-get-a-free-repl-it-hacker-plan-2g5f https://dev.to/losh531/programmatically-get-a-free-repl-it-hacker-plan-2g5f <p>Hello! I’m Losh.</p> <p>I recently found a way to get the repl.it hacker plan for free by mistake!</p> <p>When you join a github classroom, and connect your repl account, the hacker plan is added to your account!</p> <h2> What’s the hacker plan? </h2> <p>The repl.it hacker plan gives you:<br> Private repls<br> 10x the storage (5 GB)<br> 4x the memory (2 GB)<br> 4x the speed (2 vCPUs)<br> Offline repls<br> Always-on repls<br> <strong>And normally costs $7 a month!</strong></p> <h2> What you need </h2> <ol> <li>A github account (get at <a href="https://github.com">https://github.com</a>)</li> <li>A repl.it account (get at <a href="https://repl.it">https://repl.it</a>)</li> </ol> <h2> Steps </h2> <ol> <li>Go here: <a href="https://classroom.github.com/a/DuZ33Vzb">https://classroom.github.com/a/DuZ33Vzb</a>. This is a classroom that I have made.</li> <li>Click on “Accept this assignment”</li> <li>Then it will bring you to a page. Refresh the page.</li> <li>You’ll see a button at the bottom that says “Work in repl.it”, click on that.</li> <li>Now, you’ll most likely have to authorize your with your GitHub account, if not, then go to the next step. Once your account is connected/authorized, close the page, go back to the GitHub classroom, and click the “Work in repl.it” button again.</li> <li>Now, you’ll see a repl, and in the README.md it says “Welcome, you now have access to the repl.it hacker plan!”! Go back to the home page on repl.it, and you’ll see you have the hacker plan (if you create a new repl, you’ll see you can make private ones!!). You now have the hacker plan! <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Losh531"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--MH73llo9--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://cdn.buymeacoffee.com/buttons/v2/arial-blue.png" alt="Buy Me A Coffee"></a> </li> </ol> <p>*note due to github changes this may or may not still work</p> replit hackerplan