Hobo-no-more!

[JGadrow]

Well, I finally went and signed up for a dedicated server. I figured with one of my clients guaranteeing me $150 / month, I could afford to spend $80 of that to move some of my stuff onto a nice, cozy server. After many, many hours I now have moved my issue tracker (and installed all the plugins that I want), setup my default SVN parent path, and created a page to entertain whomever happens to visit my domain.

I've still got tons to do for setting up this beast, but at least I'm a step closer to a professional image now. lol

[Nox]

You left our beloved hobo community? How could you??
lol, congratulations

Do you plan on improving website? More work/portfolio-like or personal?

[JGadrow]

Yeah, the plan is to make this site a professional-quality site. I'm tired of always telling interviewers, "I didn't do the design for these sites and in no way vouch for their standards compliance."

I figured if I have my own server and website (and, honestly, I've gotten quite a few raised eyebrows when I call myself a web developer and I don't have a website) then I can make it the way that I want to and really show that I can make a nice, clean site meeting today's standards.

But, I decided against making this a site for my company. Partly because I want to change the company name (it's far too long right now) and partly because I think this should be my site first, and a professional portfolio second.

[Harkins]

Why a dedicated server instead of a VPS? You could cut your costs by 75% and probably not miss the extra capacity you're not using (or at least just spin that up if and when you actually need it).

[JGadrow]

I just thought it was a better deal. I had considered the VPS first (I recently moved a friend of mine onto one) but, I dunno. I just like knowing that there's an actual, physical, piece of hardware dedicated to my use. With a VPS, you're still sharing the actual hardware components with other users even if it's not quite as bad as when you're using shared hosting, it's still there.

[Chris]

Well, you are still sharing the datacenter... Haven't thought about renting a small concrete building with emergency power generator, network connection, fire supression system and stuff?

[JGadrow]

That's true. But I hardly see how that relates. By sharing physical hardware, there is still a performance overhead. Sharing the same electricity / physical location does not.

And, seriously, if I had a beefy enough connection to handle traffic, I'd build the hardware myself. But, if wishes were wings, pigs would fly.