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š Just published my first video on Back-End Web Development!
In this video I break down:
What a VPS is and why it matters
The real cost of Vercel and Netlify at scale
Why Coolify is a game changer for VPS management
My back-end stack:
šļø Directus ā Headless CMS
š PostgreSQL ā Database
ā” Redis ā Caching
š Coolify ā Self-hosted PaaS
š„ļø VPS ā Cloud hosting
This is Video 1 of an ongoing series on building a modern
web app back end from scratch.
Watch here š
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxMMyRrWcyk
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