A $5-a-month VPS solved every self-hosting problem my home network couldn't
Tinkering with his own build at age 10 turned into building PCs for friends and family, fostering a passion that would ultimately take shape as a career path. Besides being the first call for tech support for those close to him, Ty is a computer science student, with his focus being cloud computing and networking. He also competed in semi-pro Counter-Strike for 8 years, making him intimately familiar with everything to do with peripherals.
- ▪Tinkering with his own build at age 10 turned into building PCs for friends and family, fostering a passion that would ultimately take shape as a career path.
- ▪Besides being the first call for tech support for those close to him, Ty is a computer science student, with his focus being cloud computing and networking.
- ▪He also competed in semi-pro Counter-Strike for 8 years, making him intimately familiar with everything to do with peripherals.
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