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Re:Napa.js: A multi-threaded JavaScript runtime by rasz on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @11:22PM (#15505253)
>An m4.2xlarge on AWS EC2 provides 8 cores and 32 gig of RAM for 40 cents/hour. That'd be $288/month

used ThinkPad W540 with same config goes for ~1.5 months of your AWS rent.

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Re:Napa.js: A multi-threaded JavaScript runtime by brianwawok on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:36PM (#15509379)
And it even comes with a "free" UPS :)

Laptops are surprisingly good as little dev servers. In fact, you can find ones with broken screens for even cheaper, which is fantastic!

Few hundred bucks can get you a nice i5 or i7 processor

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