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Your Build Queue Is Idle 80% of the Day: Sizing a Git-Push Pool Without Paying for Peak
·Dora Noda·13 min

Your Build Queue Is Idle 80% of the Day: Sizing a Git-Push Pool Without Paying for Peak

A git-push PaaS build queue is bursty by nature — peaks 4–6x the average. A fixed Hetzner pool sized for peak sits idle 78% of the day; sized for average, it queues 10+ minutes at morning burst. A worked comparison of three sizing strategies and the hybrid math that beats both.

self-hosting
PaaS
cost-optimization
Kubernetes
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The 2026 DRAM Supercycle Is Permanent: What 'Not Cyclical' Means for Every Self-Hosted Hardware Bet
·Dora Noda·18 min

The 2026 DRAM Supercycle Is Permanent: What 'Not Cyclical' Means for Every Self-Hosted Hardware Bet

DRAM contract prices jumped 90-95% in Q1 2026 and another 58-63% in Q2 — and IDC says this isn't a cycle, it's a permanent reallocation of silicon toward AI. A worked cost table shows what the supercycle does to every 'self-host on a Hetzner box' comparison, and why the cost advantage over metered PaaS billing survives even as both sides climb.

self-hosting
PaaS
cost-optimization
infrastructure
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Fly.io Added Two Billing Lines in 2026: What Metering Creep Costs Against a Flat Hetzner Box
·Dora Noda·11 min

Fly.io Added Two Billing Lines in 2026: What Metering Creep Costs Against a Flat Hetzner Box

Fly.io started billing for volume snapshots and inter-region private networking in early 2026 — no sticker-price hike, but two new dimensions to forecast. A line-by-line invoice for a real multi-region app shows what they add and why a flat Hetzner box is immune to metering creep.

PaaS
self-hosting
cost-optimization
infrastructure
Fly.io Killed Its Subscription Tiers in 2024 and Kept Adding Billing Lines Through 2026: What Pure Usage-Based Pricing Actually Costs an Always-On App at Scale
·Dora Noda·14 min

Fly.io Killed Its Subscription Tiers in 2024 and Kept Adding Billing Lines Through 2026: What Pure Usage-Based Pricing Actually Costs an Always-On App at Scale

Fly.io cut its Hobby/Launch/Scale plans in October 2024 for per-second usage billing, then added snapshot and egress-IP charges in 2026. A line-by-line model prices the same always-on app on Fly.io versus a flat Hetzner CX23 and shows why the forecast matters more than the sticker price.

PaaS
self-hosting
cost-optimization
infrastructure
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Hetzner Raised Prices Twice in 10 Weeks: What Your Self-Hosted Fleet Really Costs Now
·Dora Noda·14 min

Hetzner Raised Prices Twice in 10 Weeks: What Your Self-Hosted Fleet Really Costs Now

Hetzner raised cloud prices 30–37% on April 1 and up to 204% more on June 15 for CPX/CCX instances. A recomputed fleet model shows post-June costs at $63–78 on CX/CAX and $136–184 on CPX/CCX versus $75–150 on Render, Railway, and Fly.io at their own 2026 prices.

self-hosting
PaaS
cost-optimization
infrastructure
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Two Incidents in Four Days: What Hetzner's Provisioning Delay Actually Costs When You Don't Multi-Cloud
·Dora Noda·12 min

Two Incidents in Four Days: What Hetzner's Provisioning Delay Actually Costs When You Don't Multi-Cloud

Hetzner logged two incidents four days apart in July 2026 — a rack network fault and a resource-creation delay. Only one would have taken your tenants down, and telling them apart is the real operator skill.

self-hosting
PaaS
Kubernetes
infrastructure
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Hetzner's €889 RTX PRO 6000: What Self-Hosted AI Inference Actually Costs When You Already Own the Fleet
·Dora Noda·15 min

Hetzner's €889 RTX PRO 6000: What Self-Hosted AI Inference Actually Costs When You Already Own the Fleet

Hetzner's GEX131 with a 96GB RTX PRO 6000 costs €889/month flat — no per-token meter, no pause button. A worked comparison of what that card actually serves via vLLM, where it undercuts hosted API pricing, and where bursty load makes the monthly commit the expensive choice.

self-hosting
PaaS
infrastructure
AI
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Kubernetes Is 80% Cheaper Than Heroku — Until You Pay the Ops Bill
·Dora Noda·15 min

Kubernetes Is 80% Cheaper Than Heroku — Until You Pay the Ops Bill

The viral 80% cheaper claim holds on raw compute — Hetzner beats Railway and Render by 50 to 83% in 2026 dollars — but a realistic ops burden flips the result for small teams. Three worked bills, post-hike Hetzner prices, and the break-even math.

self-hosting
PaaS
Kubernetes
cost-optimization
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The 2026 Mid-Year Repricing Ledger: Every Layer of Your Rented Stack Just Moved at Once
·Dora Noda·12 min

The 2026 Mid-Year Repricing Ledger: Every Layer of Your Rented Stack Just Moved at Once

Render, Netlify, Vercel, Fly.io, Docker Hub, Hetzner and OVHcloud all repriced in H1 2026. One table compares every change — with percentages and who pays — and why simultaneous repricing makes owning your stack the only predictable variable.

PaaS
self-hosting
cost-optimization
infrastructure
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