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Matias Salles replaced Heroku

Now: Kamal and SQLite on DigitalOcean, running 5 months

$374net saved per year, after running costs

Matias Salles moved three side projects from Heroku to DigitalOcean using Kamal and SQLite. The reported replacement total includes backups.

Receipt #03102026-05-14

Matias Salles

Old billHeroku, three apps, about $48 a month
$48
NowDigitalOcean, three apps with backups, $16.80 a month
$17
Net saved per month$31/mo

Thank you for not renewing

Source

matiassalles99.codes

Numbers as reported. How this ledger works

Timeline

  1. Replaced2026-05-14

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1
MynewsdeskHeroku replaced with Talos Kubernetes on Hetzner bare metal
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2
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3
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4
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5
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