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What's the Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Used a VPS For? 😂
iamstrangemind
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We've all used VPSs for the normal stuff:
Websites.
VPNs.
Docker.
Game servers.
Bots.
Monitoring.
Development.
But I'm more interested in the weird stuff.
What's the most ridiculous, unexpected, unnecessary, or downright questionable thing you've ever hosted on a VPS?
Maybe you:
- Hosted something that absolutely didn't need a VPS.
- Spent $5/month to solve a problem that could have been solved with a $0.01 script.
- Ran a bot for no reason other than "because I could."
- Turned a VPS into a personal experiment and completely broke it.
- Used an expensive server for something hilariously simple.
- Built something at 3 AM that made perfect sense at the time.
- Or did something that makes you wonder why the VPS provider never asked questions. 😂
No judgment here.
I'll probably learn more from the ridiculous projects than from another "best VPS under $5" thread.
Tell the story, not just the project.
What were you trying to do?
Why did you use a VPS?
And, most importantly...
Was it actually worth it? 😂
Comments
karma farming
And AI slop
Mods, please take note.
+1000 karma
to run Gentoo server so I could say 'btw I run Gentoo.'
To create a game that teaches my 4 year old counting, by making every refresh create a random number of random animals. I could do it on localhost, but wth!
ddos onidel
Convincing a girl to go on a date with me. I will not divulge more than this.
So next time is the guitar in front of the house again?
calculator
did chatgpt write this?
Was it @emgh
spam discussions
i use vps training my pets
Convincing a girl to go on a date with you does not sound like a ridiculous thing to do, and if she's into VPS then what else can you do.
Look what you can have with a KS-LE-B: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4581250/#Comment_4581250
Now we understand why you need backups.
Hosting arts
It was @Murv w MurvGpt
Idling
This only seems to cater to people with a granny fetish. (What an opportunity with the veteran tag 🤣)
I vibe coded a site to count down the days until my family went on vacation to Jamaica. It had an AI generated image of an anthropomorphic beef patty and a chicken with a t-shirt that said "jerk". It played random Bob Marley songs.