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3 guides, each written from a setup that actually ran. All topics

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1. the free tier that vanished

   Free Hosting Tiers in 2026: What Got Cut, What Survived, and How to Tell Which Dies Next

   A timeline of every major free hosting tier that shrank or died between 2022 and 2026, the short list that survived, and the one structural difference that predicts which is which.

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2. the bill you did not agree to

   How to Avoid a Surprise Cloud Bill: The Three Kinds of 'Free' Hosting

   The $104,500 static site, why budget alerts do not stop anything, and how to tell in advance whether a platform's worst case is downtime or debt.

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3. knowing when to stop

   Self-Hosting at Home vs Paying for a VPS: When Free Actually Runs Out

   A decision framework for hosting at home versus paying for a server, based on what free genuinely covers, what it cannot promise, and the four signals that mean you have outgrown it.

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