I ran a collection of websites that I built (see bolted together) with PHP, MySQL, and nginx

is there anything preventing a continuous "rinse and repeat" cycle of creating Mormon dating sites for purchase and shutdown by the church?

Any tips on how to run a site on a 5 dollar vps? I built an MVP on a 5 dollar VPS. But I had to recently upgrade to a 12 dollar VPS as some of my analytics process were being stopped because of low memory. Aside from writing better code, I found out that using linux utils/app via system calls is the most effective solution as nothing I can write can ever be even remotely as performant as something like grep. I am following a similiar path to yours but my stack is a bit complicated. Python + SQLite on VPS Vue/Nuxt + Auth on Firebase The process is extremely hacky and experimental, so it might change. I am not planning to use a proper backend as the Python scripts communicates to the Firebase via its SDK. That is working for me at this moment and eliminates writing boilerplate API code.

> most notably was a dating site I made for Mormons, which the church interestingly enough used a blind broker to buy and shut down within a year of going live. That’s our Hitler!

I'm really interested in what you did, because it sounds like what I'm trying to do! Are you able to help me with these questions? 1. How did you decide which services to start? Did you have any criteria on what types of services you did and didn't want to start? 2. Was all of the income from those services advertising? Or were you charging users directly for some? 3. After it was built, how did you market a service and attract users?