# vibehost.lol

## What is this?

vibehost.lol is a blog and deal-finding site about dedicated server hosting for indie developers, vibe coders, and side project builders. The tagline: "serious infrastructure for unserious projects."

The persona is "Conway" — anti-corporate, casual, honest. Writes like a friend who happens to code. No enterprise jargon. Intentionally unpolished.

## Mission

Dedicated servers sit in a sweet spot between sketchy $5 VPS offerings and overpriced cloud providers. vibehost helps people find real servers at reasonable prices and learn to run them without a CS degree.

## Content

### Blog Posts

- [Why I'm Building vibehost](https://vibehost.lol/blog/why-vibehost.html) (Aug 2025) — Origin story. Cloud and VPS are a zoo; dedicated servers are the middle ground.
- [vibehost Gets Its Own First Dedi](https://vibehost.lol/blog/vibehosts-first-dedi.html) (Sep 2025) — Eating our own dogfood.
- [My First Month Running a Dedi](https://vibehost.lol/blog/first-month-dedi.html) (Sep 2025) — SSH keys, fail2ban, and VPS providers gaslighting you about CPU usage.
- [OVH vs Hetzner vs Someone You've Never Heard Of](https://vibehost.lol/blog/ovh-hetzner-unknown.html) (Oct 2025) — Provider comparison. No perfect provider, just the one that fits your stress level.
- [Why I Don't Use cPanel](https://vibehost.lol/blog/why-no-cpanel.html) (Dec 2025) — Bare metal with bash. Includes a 5-command nginx tutorial.
- [The $50/mo Server That Outruns My Day Job Laptop](https://vibehost.lol/blog/50-server-vs-laptop.html) (Jan 2026) — Benchmarks: a budget dedi destroys a "pro" laptop on sustained workloads.
- [DDoS'd for 6 Hours and What I Learned](https://vibehost.lol/blog/ddos-6-hours.html) (Feb 2026) — First attack story. iptables whack-a-mole, Cloudflare proxy, badge of honor.
- [Stop Buying VPS, Start Buying Dedi](https://vibehost.lol/blog/stop-buying-vps.html) (Mar 2026) — The math: 16 cores / 32GB for $60/mo vs 4 cores / 8GB for $48/mo.
- [AWS Pricing Pages Are Psychological Warfare](https://vibehost.lol/blog/aws-pricing-psychological-warfare.html) (May 2026) — Egress fees, dropdown menus, and surprise bills.

### Deals

The [deals page](https://vibehost.lol/deals/) features curated dedicated server offers from providers like ReliableSite, Hetzner, OVH, and boutique hosts. Criteria: 8+ cores, 16+ GB RAM, $30-$200/month, preferably modern CPUs (Ryzen 5000+, EPYC), unmetered bandwidth, and NVMe storage.

## Site Structure

- `/` — Homepage
- `/blog/` — Blog listing (chronological, newest first)
- `/blog/<slug>.html` — Individual blog posts
- `/deals/` — Deals page with server deal cards

## Technical Details

Hand-written HTML. Built with bash scripts. Deployed via rsync. No JavaScript framework, no CMS, no database.

## Contact

Conway: conway@vibehost.lol