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Write-ups on shipping and hosting side projects — what worked, what tripped me up, and the trade-offs I only noticed after actually using the tool.
Keeping a Render Free Web Service Awake with UptimeRobot
How UptimeRobot's monitoring pings double as a way to stop a free Render web service from spinning down, how the monitoring itself actually works, and where this workaround falls short.
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Deploying a Node.js App on Render (and the Free-Tier Trade-offs)
How to actually deploy a Node.js API as a Render web service, the PORT gotcha that makes healthy deploys look broken, and the free-tier trade-offs that catch people off guard later.
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Signing Up on Render with GitHub: What It Actually Does
Why connecting GitHub during Render's sign-up flow saves you a step, what the authorization is actually granting, and how to get an account set up without extra friction.
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