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Holy moly; that's an insane deal from them

Developer Anson Sharma built a self-hosted Railway alternative for just $2 per month, achieving 4 CPU cores and 7.7 GB of RAM. The project demonstrates a cost-effective approach to deploying applications with significant compute resources.

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How I built my own Railway at just just $2/mo with 4 CPU cores and 7.7 GB of RAM; INSANE! Anson Sharma Anson Sharma Anson Sharma Follow Jul 4 How I built my own Railway at just just $2/mo with 4 CPU cores and 7.7 GB of RAM; INSANE!

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