--- title: 'Just use a VPS' bro. | daily.dev description: A satirical take on the overwhelming complexity of properly securing a VPS for a simple task. The piece humorously walks through the endless security steps... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/just-use-a-vps-bro--v6yzxynt0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 'Just use a VPS' bro. | daily.dev og:description: A satirical take on the overwhelming complexity of properly securing a VPS for a simple task. The piece humorously walks through the endless security steps... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/just-use-a-vps-bro--v6yzxynt0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v6yZXyNT0.png og:image:alt: 'Just use a VPS' bro. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 'Just use a VPS' bro. **[Programmers are also human](https://daily.dev/sources/programmersarealsohuman)** · 2 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A satirical take on the overwhelming complexity of properly securing a VPS for a simple task. The piece humorously walks through the endless security steps required—hardening SSH, configuring firewalls, setting up VPNs, managing systemd services, and more—only to reveal the person is actually running everything on a local Mac Mini instead. It pokes fun at the gap between 'just use a VPS' advice and the reality of secure server administration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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