I do this, but just with straight docker compose. I’ve been using AWS for personal and work for about 8 years and realised over time it is a poor investment if you are always hosting your own stuff and experimenting with tech.
So this year I bought at old Dell T7910 workstation and fitted it out with a 14 core E5-2680 V4 (second one coming), 1TB nvme, 64gb RAM and has cost me around $400 USD. Runs at around 95 watt and I already have a good fibre connection any way.
For a similar spec machine I would be paying this every month and now I can just keep throwing things I’m interested in at it and so far has been overkill for a relatively fixed price. More messing around with hardware but something I mostly enjoy.
So this year I bought at old Dell T7910 workstation and fitted it out with a 14 core E5-2680 V4 (second one coming), 1TB nvme, 64gb RAM and has cost me around $400 USD. Runs at around 95 watt and I already have a good fibre connection any way.
For a similar spec machine I would be paying this every month and now I can just keep throwing things I’m interested in at it and so far has been overkill for a relatively fixed price. More messing around with hardware but something I mostly enjoy.