As I spin up more and more AI experiments, web apps, and proof-of-concepts, my cloud hosting costs keep creepin up! But I love how little time I spend on dev ops. If I go DIY, I want to avoid manual setup, hacking on configs, debugging…

Luckily, I found Coolify, an open source alternative to cloud hosting providers like Vercel and Heroku. It gives you a sleek web-based UI to do all your app deploys and management.

In my latest youtube video I walk through a complete setup of Coolify on a Hetzner server, deploying N8N (my favorite AI workflow automation tool) with a custom domain.

The process is way easier than you think! And once you do it, you have a powerful platform to deploy your latest pet project and all your favorite open source apps. Total cost? $15 a month.