[algorithms]

I'm currently deploying to Heroku during development and will switch to a VPS again as soon as the Heroku free plan isn't sufficient anymore or I go into production.

I don't use dedicated servers. Too much work for too little reward.

My choices for the german readers here:

https://www.jiffybox.de/ - cheap scalable(!) VPS, nice UI, easy cloning of existing "boxes", backups, etc.

https://www.hetzner.de/ - cheap dedicated, low-end VPS, etc.

[charliesome]

You're happy to manage your own VPS but you aren't willing to use dedicated servers?

They're the exact same thing except one is running inside virtualization software and the other is running on a real CPU.

[zorked]

Exactly. Managing hardware sucks.

[charliesome]

It doesn't have to. You can rent a physical server from one of the many companies out there.

You get a few IP addresses (I've got a /29 on both of my servers) and a fresh install of whatever distro you choose with sshd running. It's just like purchasing a VPS.

[tobiasbischoff]

https://futurevps.de/

looks promising as well.