Field notesWhat fits on a 4 GB server?
A measured snapshot of one shared VPS, what available memory can tell you, and how to budget the next service without confusing limits with usage.
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Small tools.
Real-world proof.
Practical guides, measured experiments, and useful calculators for running more on a modest budget.
Self-hosting & automation.
Clear methods. Honest limits.
Clear methods. Honest limits.
THE SMALL SERVER SERIES / 01A SMALL STACK, THOUGHTFULLY BUILT.EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION
Measured when we call it tested.
Useful before it is complicated.
Made for a modest budget.
FROM THE WORKBENCH
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Things we measured, learned, and made useful.
Field notes
Local experimentMake a SQLite backup you can actually check.
A reproducible Python backup and restore demonstration with a synthetic WAL database, integrity checking, row counts and a content digest.
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Practical guideThe checklist before “run it every hour.”
A practical checklist for small scheduled jobs: explicit success, bounded work, overlap control, safe retries and a useful record of each run.
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Keep the limits visible.
A field note is a real observation. An experiment has conditions you can repeat. A guide explains a method. We keep the difference clear.
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