karthik

I verify free tiers against official docs and actually deploy what I write about. Building FreeTierWatch — dated, hand-verified data on every dev free tier.

Joined on Oct 6, 2026 https://freetierwatch-eax.pages.dev

karthik

Oct 30

Self-host Immich: I measured what Google Photos replacement actually costs in RAM

#selfhosted #docker #photos #opensource

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karthik

Oct 28

Cheapest VPS for India in 2026: I verified every price and measured the latency

#vps #hosting #india #devops

4 min read

karthik

Oct 8

Oracle's famous free 4-core/24GB ARM tier is now 2-core/12GB (check the docs)

#oracle #cloud #selfhosted #devops

4 min read

karthik

Oct 7

Self-host Uptime Kuma: a status page in 10 minutes (with real RAM numbers)

#selfhosted #docker #devops #tutorial

4 min read

karthik

Oct 7

Supabase vs Neon: I measured both free Postgres tiers from India

#postgres #database #webdev #supabase

5 min read

karthik

Oct 6

The Free Tier Graveyard: every dev free tier that died, 2022-2026

#webdev #devops #hosting #beginners

4 min read

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Self-host Immich: I measured what Google Photos replacement actually costs in RAM

Want to connect with karthik?

Cheapest VPS for India in 2026: I verified every price and measured the latency

Oracle's famous free 4-core/24GB ARM tier is now 2-core/12GB (check the docs)

Self-host Uptime Kuma: a status page in 10 minutes (with real RAM numbers)

Supabase vs Neon: I measured both free Postgres tiers from India

The Free Tier Graveyard: every dev free tier that died, 2022-2026