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Hey everyone! I'm planning to launch a small project on JS, but I really don't want to mess around setting up the environment from scratch on a bare server. Does anyone have experience renting servers where everything is already pre-configured for the runtime? I just want to drop my code and have it run without a major headache.

For those kinds of tasks, it is honestly much better to grab a specialized config right from the start so you aren't wasting hours installing dependencies manually. I recently tested a VPS with Node.js, and it really saves a lot of nerves when the package manager and the environment itself are already optimized for the hardware. The best part is that this setup stays stable even under a decent load, and if your project starts growing, you can always scale up the resources quickly.

Did you have to configure anything manually after deployment, or was it ready right away?

It was mostly ready out of the box. I only uploaded my files, installed project packages, and the app started running without issues.