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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

ya know, I’ve looked into it. one of the biggest problems with bots is that they have to be hosted from somewhere. that’s my first hiccup.

I’d LOVE to make this a bot, but I don’t know where I’d host it from.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can get a cheap VPS with a couple cores and some RAM for less than $5.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

can I run it from inside a docker container?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The project has a dockerfile to create the Docker image with the required LAMP stack and python dependencies.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oracle Free Tier - 4 CPU, 24 GB RAM.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve heard it’s very unreliable and people have had their VPS deleted without warning.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Have backups. :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Seriously? That's awesome