Hosting
I'm currently working on a freelance project with 2 of my friends. It's our first big project, though, and we have no idea how we'd host it. We'll be using Next.js for the frontend and Express for the backend along with Socket.io for real-time features. I've some experience with Docker and Linux, so I can probably configure a VPS to host it on, but I don't know which provider I should go to. I heard about AWS, Azure, Hostinger, Cloudflare, etc. How do I know which one is the right choice? What variables should I consider, and how can I decide what VPS to buy based on them? Like, how many resources do I need? How do I handle file storage? lots of questions, and I'd appreciate it if someone helped me out. ty yall :aa_blackheartt:
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obviously this is a really deep topic that can't be adequately discussed even in a full theo video, let alone a discord thread.
The 3 main thing to consider is price, performance, and scalability. But there're rabbit holes within those 3 catrgories. I personally use cloudflare for everything but it has question marks in scalability in certain parts like its db offering. But i'm ok because i'm less concerned about scalability for now.
Also keep in mind that sometimes the decision step can't just be decide app design -> decide tech -> decide infra. Sometimes it can be the other way around. Meaning if you've already decided to do express with docker for instance, you've definitely removed cloudflare from the equation. But on the other hand I decided to use cloudflare, therefore i use tech that is compatible with workers, and i design my app with serverless architecture in mind
even if we just look at theo's channel look how many videos he has talking about infra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK-iR6g-V1g
in this one he basically talks about cost and scalability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKvv5FJE17Q
in this one he explains how he's not using serverless for one of his service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWSO3qxz-mI
from this one we know that theo use a third party service for his db
My main point is that it's a lot, so you've gotta do your research. and when you have specific questions, then we can be more helpful answering those
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thanks I wasn't aware of how deep this topic is I'll do more research on the topic and ask more specific questions next time. thanks a lot for the theo vids ❤️
good luck!