Securing the Perimeter: Why I chose a VPS over Shared Hosting
Most portfolios live on shared hosting—cheap, easy, but restricted. For my infrastructure, I chose a Virtual Private Server (VPS). Here’s why a Systems Engineer treats their “home on the web” like a production environment. 1. The Isolation Advantage On shared hosting, you are at the mercy of your “neighbors.” If another site on the same IP gets hit with a DDoS or runs a malicious script, your site slows down or goes dark. On my VPS, my vCPU and RAM are mine alone. ...