Cold Starts, Lost Files, and Green Dots: Five Myths About Using a Free Server as Staging
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My demo broke at 9:58 PM. The same URL answered at 9:40. My code did not change in between. That gap is the whole lesson. A free server is a shared, sleeping, replaceable machine. It is not a staging environment. Below are five myths I kept repeating out loud. Then comes a 90-second probe that turn…
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Cold Starts, Lost Files, and Green Dots: Five Myths About Using a Free Server as Staging