[redstripe]

I run a hobby .net core website on a $5 digital ocean instance and it runs fast as hell. You definitively don't need to spend $30. I'm using a PG database but it looks like maybe it would even be possible to run SQL server on a 2GB instance.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/sql-server-linux-...

You just have to bite the bullet and learn a few linux admin tasks like setting up nginx, supervisor, file permissions.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy...