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HotlineServers Benchmark (8GB, Montreal Location)

July 4, 2020 by awang
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This is a followup post for my recent review of HotlineServers.com. Note that this post will only contain benchmarks for the 8GB plan in HotlineServers’s Montreal location. For a full …

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HotlineServers Benchmark and Review (8GB, Chicago Location)

July 4, 2020July 1, 2020 by awang
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Note: Out of respect to the provider, because the offer I purchased was exclusive to a certain forum, the publishing of this post was delayed until the offer expired. Welcome …

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Categories Reviews, Tech & Servers Tags hotlineservers, vps 3 Comments

Unixfy Server Review Methodology

June 13, 2020June 12, 2020 by awang
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In line with the notion that I will be posting on my blog again, I plan to write reviews of various low-end budget VPS providers. Since standardization is loved in …

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Categories Reviews, Tech & Servers 1 Comment

Run a fast and cheap Minecraft server on Amazon EC2

December 25, 2025May 30, 2020 by awang

Introduction For a while now, I have been exploring affordable, yet high-performance and low-latency solutions for hosting game servers, specifically, Minecraft servers. (I understand that shared Minecraft servers can be …

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Categories Tech & Servers, Tutorials 1 Comment

Yes, my blog is still alive!

June 13, 2020May 29, 2020 by awang
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You might have noticed that I have not posted on this blog for about six months now. Don’t worry! My blog is still alive, and yes, I am still writing …

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Categories Ramblings 5 Comments

Black Friday 2019 – It’s that time of year again!

December 18, 2019November 28, 2019 by awang

Well, it’s that time of year again. Let’s get ready to drain some wallets with amazing server and web-related deals! For your viewing pleasure, I’ve created a nice database in …

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Hideout.tv Codes Bot – Writeup & Tutorial

December 18, 2019October 13, 2019 by awang

Introduction Recently I discovered a tool called Huginn. It’s a neat tool that allows you to automate many tasks – like a self hosted Zapier. I also realized a desire …

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Categories Tech & Servers 1 Comment

DigitalOcean Hacktoberfest 2019 Kickoff!

December 18, 2019October 1, 2019 by awang

Hacktoberfest 2019. Let’s get started! Please note: Due to the new rules this year, it is no longer possible / allowed to commit in repositories like this to earn the …

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An Introduction to Servers

December 18, 2019September 29, 2019 by awang

Types of Servers Dedicated servers. These are running on “bare metal”. One can run VMs or basically whatever one likes on these, but they will be more expensive. They are …

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