Shared hosting or VPS: what your website actually needs
Most company websites do fine on shared hosting. Platforms with accounts, payments and apps usually need a VPS. How to tell which one you are.
The Supplement
Tools I Use
Honest notes on the services behind my projects.
A professional email on your own domain, set up right
A Gmail address on a business card costs you trust. How to get name@yourdomain, and the three DNS records that keep it out of spam.
Hostinger from real use: VPS, business email and hPanel
This website runs on a Hostinger VPS, and its email lives there too. What setting it up was actually like, what I liked, and what to watch out for.