#VPS

A cheap Hetzner server runs Odysseus online 24/7 for about the cost of one coffee a month. Here is the full setup, including the one .env change that trips people up.

June 9, 2026

Part 1 ran Odysseus on a laptop, where it dies when you close the lid. This puts it on a cheap cloud server so it runs 24/7 and you can open your own private AI from your phone or any machine. DigitalOcean, Docker, and a Claude API key, no GPU. Includes the one .env change (APP_BIND) that stops it loading from outside the server.

June 2, 2026

I pushed one commit to GitHub. 42 seconds later, my Hostinger VPS updated automatically. No SSH, no `git pull`, no PM2 restart. Claude Code wrote the entire deploy pipeline — here's the exact prompt and setup.

April 27, 2026

One Claude Code prompt. That's all it takes to go from a fresh Hostinger VPS to a live app with firewall rules, nginx reverse proxy, PM2 persistence, and SSL. No config files memorized. No StackOverflow tabs open.

April 10, 2026

What if you could deploy a full Next.js app to a fresh VPS with a single prompt? No SSH commands, no config files, no 30-minute setup. Just one sentence to Claude Code and your site is live. Here's exactly how.

April 5, 2026

I gave Claude Code a fresh VPS IP and one prompt. It installed Node.js, created a Next.js app, configured nginx reverse proxy, set up systemd, and made the site live. No SSH, no config files.

April 1, 2026

Control your VPS from Telegram using OpenClaw — a free, open-source AI agent that lives on your server. Check health, restart services, read logs, and deploy changes from your phone.

March 31, 2026

Set up PocketBase on your own VPS in minutes. A complete backend solution with authentication, database, realtime subscriptions, and file storage—all in one binary.

January 11, 2026

Set up your own uptime monitoring with Uptime Kuma on Hostinger VPS. Beautiful dashboard, instant alerts, and complete control over your monitoring data.

January 11, 2026