Tutorials

Step-by-step guides for your cloud servers: installs, configuration and best practices.

When you need a GPU for AI (and when you do not)

Not every AI task needs a GPU. Here is how to decide between CPU and GPU for your project.

Make your app start automatically and restart itself if it stops, with a systemd service.

Isolate each Python project dependencies with virtual environments, so they do not clash.

Install the PHP version your project needs, along with Composer for package management.

tmux keeps your terminal sessions alive even after you close SSH, ideal for long-running tasks.

Install and switch between multiple Node.js versions on the same server with nvm.

Code from anywhere with VS Code running on your server, accessible from a browser.

Set up a deploy flow where a git push automatically updates the app on the server.

Test changes on a copy of production before shipping them, to avoid surprises.

Automate testing and deploying your code on every change, with a CI/CD pipeline on your server.

Keep passwords and keys out of your code, in environment variables, safely and correctly.

Syncthing syncs files in real time between servers and devices, encrypted and without an external cloud.