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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

can I run it from inside a docker container?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

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

Oracle Free Tier - 4 CPU, 24 GB RAM.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Have backups. :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Seriously? That's awesome