WordPress VPS Hosting vs a Dedicated Server: When the Slice Stops Being Enough
WordPress VPS hosting is where most serious sites end up after shared hosting, and for a lot of them it’s...
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High Traffic WordPress Hosting: What Breaks First and When to Go Dedicated
Most advice about high traffic WordPress hosting starts with a monthly pageview number. That number is close to useless. A...
PHP2Shell: two critical PHP vulnerabilities, the fixed versions, and what GigeNET did
Last updated: October 23, 2026. We will update this post if new information appears. Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP itself,...
Windows Server license cost in 2026: what you pay to buy it or rent it
A Windows Server 2025 Standard license for a 16-core server lists at $1,176 from Microsoft. Datacenter lists at $6,771. On...
Windows Server 2022 end of support: what changed on October 13, 2026 and when to move to 2025
Windows Server 2022 left mainstream support on October 13, 2026. Nothing breaks. Microsoft keeps shipping security updates for it until...
Self-hosted S3 in 2026: what it really costs to run your own object storage
Self-hosted S3 is cheap per terabyte only once you count the reads. Store data you rarely touch on a small...
Egress fees explained: what AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and others charge to read your data (2026)
Egress fees are what a cloud charges you to send data out of it, and they’re the line on a...
MinIO alternatives in 2026: where to run S3 now that MinIO’s open-source edition is archived
MinIO’s open-source server is done. The GitHub repository was archived on April 25, 2026, after a year of features being...
GigeNET vs OVHcloud (2026): US bare metal, support and SLA compared
OVHcloud and GigeNET both sell bare metal servers in the US at similar entry prices. OVHcloud’s Advance-1 starts at $98...
GigeNET vs Hetzner (2026): a US alternative to Hetzner dedicated servers
Hetzner sells some of the cheapest dedicated servers you’ll find, and plenty of US developers have one. There’s a catch...
Small business server: buy one, rent one, or colocate?
Most small businesses shouldn’t buy a server for the office anymore. Rent a dedicated server if you need a whole...
GigeNET vs ReliableSite (2026): SLA, support, DDoS and price
ReliableSite is cheaper and runs newer chips. GigeNET publishes its SLA credits and a support response guarantee. Here's the sourced...