Guides
Hosting, explained by the people who run it.
Practical guides on web hosting, DirectAdmin, WordPress, managed servers and moving sites — written by the people who run them.
n8n & Automation
How to Run n8n on a VPS with Docker, HTTPS and Automatic Backups
A complete n8n setup on a VPS: Docker Compose, Caddy for automatic HTTPS, the environment variables that matter, updates, nightly backups and restores.
Networking
Choosing a VPS Location in Europe: Latency, GDPR and Data Residency
How distance becomes latency, how to measure it for your own visitors with ping, mtr and curl, and what GDPR and data residency really ask of a server.
Security
First 10 Things to Do on a New Linux VPS (Security Checklist)
A 30-minute copy-paste checklist for a fresh Debian, Ubuntu or AlmaLinux VPS, with a verification command after every step so you know it worked.
Servers
Managed vs Unmanaged VPS: What You Actually Get (and Pay For)
A task-by-task split of who does what on a managed and an unmanaged VPS, how to price your own admin hours honestly, and what managed never covers.
Hardware & Datacenter
NVMe VPS vs SSD VPS: Does Storage Speed Really Matter?
What separates an NVMe VPS from a SATA SSD one, which workloads notice the difference, and how to measure your own server with fio, ioping and iostat.
Servers
Shared Hosting or VPS? How to Decide for Your Website
Concrete signals that a site has outgrown shared hosting, how to measure your current usage, what a VPS changes day to day, and what each option costs.
WordPress
WordPress Staging on DirectAdmin: Test Without Breaking Your Site
Build a WordPress staging copy on DirectAdmin with the panel tools or by hand with WP-CLI, keep it private, and push changes live without losing orders.
CloudLinux
What CloudLinux Does for Shared Hosting Stability (and Why It Matters)
How CloudLinux keeps one busy account from slowing a shared server: LVE limits, CageFS, PHP Selector, what a 508 error means and how to stay within limits.
Servers
Cloudways Alternative: Managed Hosting Without the Markup
What Cloudways does, what its management layer is worth, and when shared hosting, a managed VPS or a self-managed VPS fits your sites better.
Servers
Hetzner and DigitalOcean Alternatives for UK & EU Projects
A fair framework for choosing a Hetzner alternative or DigitalOcean alternative in the UK and EU: location, billing, support, backups and how to test.
Migration
How to Transfer a WordPress Site to a New Host (No Downtime)
Back up WordPress, copy files and database, fix wp-config.php and URLs, test with the hosts file, then switch DNS without losing a visitor or an email.
n8n & Automation
n8n Cloud vs Self-Hosted: Costs, Limits and When to Switch
n8n Cloud bills by executions, self-hosted n8n bills by server and your time. Limits, GDPR, upkeep, licence and a checklist for when to switch.