Should you use a VPS instead of Vercel, Netlify & co?

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[sudomoon]

I have been hosting VPS for a long time, i prefer it because its a easy workflow for me now.
For any beginner they should try and learn VPS as it introduces a lot of concepts from security to setting up websites. After you learn VPS you can easily do managed hosting etc

[yanivcode]

Hi Max,
I just want to say I'm addicted to your content.
This guy knows how to deliver complex content - simple.

[mattiarasulo]

I think deploying with Kubernetes and Docker on bare metal is so much fun for any true nerd we cannot be taken away the joy of playing with our favorite toys by Vercel haha

[AnthonyCandaele]

Thanks for this video. I would love to see a course on setting up your own VPS.

[christianmiguez]

maybe do you dont know, but Im developer and I love watch your videos to learn english. Your pronuntation is so nice and clear

[roberti]

I feel like it's fine to go with Vercel or Netlify for an MVP, then eventually move it to a VPS if things gets serious, otherwise is not worth it. I still am on the free plan they offer and no problem till now.

[sajidfirdausi]

Now there are some other solutions like Coolify and Dokploy which are self hosting alternatives to Vercel / Netlify and seem to be promising. Please make a video on these.

[budai]

My biggest concern with these services like Vercel is that they make devs lazy and at the end unprepared. I think is common sense to know as much as possible how everything works under the hood and how to set up things, what you really need and what is expedable. It's not about the money it's about knowledge. And let's be honest... if you know what you are doing setting up a vps to run a simple nextjs app should not take more that two hours with testing and everything.

[saiphaneeshk.h.]

Beautiful video, short and simple with precise info.

[antopolskiy]

another aspect to consider is that if you like to experiment and build small products VPS is a great solution, you can host a lot of projects once it is configured

[MesTechnologies-sljg]

Hello, thanks for the insights.I've used vps on various websites the only difficult point is the configuration otherwise vps is cheaper and works perfectly 😊😊

[SteveNewman]

hi max,
i wanna say thank you for your courses and your teaching method
really really help me this years,
i think it would be nice to have a course to practice programming and design patterns

thank you

[SaiSakethGootyKase]

I want to build a Web Application and connect with a Database (Database Management) and host both somewhere, very very very small traffic, Which providers would you suggest?

[DevNightly]

Hi Max, I've been a student of you Gold courses, can you talk about load balancer more please. Like how to set it up, manage, and so on.

[taosun]

I feel it is a bit more secure using serverless solution. I built a wordpress myself uisng vps, and with a serverless provider. The first one seems got some rubbish comments all the time that automatically generated by some robot but not on the one using serverless platforms. I could be wrong, it could be a wordpress setting thing, but that is my feeling.

[Dabayare]

I prefer VPS. I met a person who runs home improvement services and he told me his web hosting company charges extra for uploading more pictures on their gallery. I never knew ppl in IT have become this bad.

[EduardKaresli]

What's your opinion on self-hosting? Like you arrange a computer you yourself and a static IP address from your ISP.
You don't pay much, aside from the computer which can be really cheap, e.g. a NUC/mini box for $400 or less.
The down side is that you will have to set up and configure everything yourself. But that should not be that difficult, IMHO. 🤔

[o_glethorpe]

Vercel only makes sense if you are not the one paying the bills

[nri_raj]

I love VPS and on one VPS I am running VPN 😂

[headshotmaster]

I did not know you had your own youtube channel