[ktaraszk]

The AI-assisted provisioning part is wild. That setup would've taken days just a few years ago.

One thing worth considering: at $200/mo you're still managing patches, security updates, backups, and handling your own uptime. A single Hetzner VPS is also a single point of failure. The cost savings are real, but so is the operational overhead that comes back to bite you at 2am.

We built miget.com to sit in that middle ground—simpler than managing your own servers, way cheaper than Heroku. Unlimited apps on flat pricing ($5/mo hobby, $22/mo pro with dedicated CPU), so you're not penalized for scaling out. Free tier if you want to try it.

Not saying DIY is wrong—just that there are more options now between "manage everything yourself" and "$1200/mo PaaS."