Security
Server Security Without the Sysadmin: What Managed VPS Covers
Security is the part of self-managed hosting nobody warns you about. Here's what Northstar handles so you don't have to.
Jan 21, 2026Read more →
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Insights, tutorials, and best practices for VPS hosting and cloud infrastructure
Growth
From MVP to Scale: Infrastructure That Grows With You
How to set up your hosting stack so it does not become a blocker as your product gains traction.
Jan 7, 2026Read more →
Getting Started
Which Northstar VPS Plan Is Right for Your Application?
Development, Production, Performance, or Compute — a practical breakdown of which plan fits which workload.
Dec 17, 2025Read more →
Reliability
What 99.95% Uptime Actually Means for Your Business
Uptime SLAs sound abstract until you convert them into minutes of downtime per year. Here's what the numbers mean in practice.
Dec 3, 2025Read more →
Reliability
Zero Downtime Updates: How We Keep Your App Running During Maintenance
OS patches, dependency updates, and server maintenance do not have to mean downtime. Here is the Northstar approach to keeping things live.
Nov 19, 2025Read more →
AI & Compute
Running AI and LLM Applications: Why Compute Matters
AI workloads have different infrastructure requirements than typical web apps. Here is what to look for when hosting LLMs and inference pipelines.
Nov 5, 2025Read more →
SaaS
The Founder's Guide to Production SaaS Hosting
What you actually need to run a production SaaS — SSL, backups, monitoring, uptime — and how to stop worrying about all of it.
Oct 22, 2025Read more →
How It Works
How We Get Your Server Live in Under 60 Seconds
A behind-the-scenes look at the Northstar provisioning pipeline — from checkout to a running, monitored server.
Oct 8, 2025Read more →
Startup Hosting
Why Your Early-Stage Startup Doesn't Need AWS
AWS is powerful but it is also expensive, complex, and overkill for most startups under $1M ARR. Here is what to use instead.
Sep 24, 2025Read more →
Managed Hosting
Managed vs Unmanaged VPS: Why Most Teams Get It Wrong
The hidden costs of unmanaged VPS hosting — from security patches at 2am to debugging failed deploys. Here is why managed beats unmanaged for most teams.
Sep 10, 2025Read more →