Indie developers reconsidering serverless in favor of simple VPS plus Docker
A developer describes abandoning Next.js and full serverless/AWS infrastructure for a single low-cost VPS running Docker Compose, citing unpredictable cloud costs and unnecessary complexity for early-stage projects. Replies suggest this cost-and-complexity tradeoff is a recurring theme among indie SaaS builders.
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