Notes from running a hosting company
Fifteen years of server tickets, migrations and 3 a.m. outages, written down. Mostly practical, occasionally opinionated.
How to create your first n8n workflow
A step-by-step build of a working automation — trigger, node, transform, run — and where self-hosting fits.
Shared vs VPS hosting: finding the fit
The honest version of the upgrade conversation — what actually breaks on shared hosting, and when it does.
Removing Chrome's "Dangerous site" warning
What triggers the red interstitial, how to find the injected code, and the review request that actually clears it.
n8n vs Zapier: when self-hosting saves money
Per-task pricing stops making sense at a certain volume. Here is roughly where that line sits, and the trade-offs on the other side of it.
Page speed fixes that actually move the number
Caching layers, image handling and PHP versions — ordered by how much difference each one makes in practice.
Best cheap web hosting in India, 2026
A market read on where Indian hosting pricing has landed, and the renewal traps buyers keep walking into.
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