yesiamsumit

Re:Is it practical to host a real production app on a Mac mini? on Thursday July 02, 2026 @11:30AM (#48763115)

visitor stats is barely anything - almost 0 for now :'( but I want my apps to be able to support a large number of users in case there's some sudden jump.

Re:Is it practical to host a real production app on a Mac mini? on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @02:38PM (#48751357)

Mac mini won't consume too much electricity, its processor is ARM based. It'll probably cost few cents a day to run.

with hetzner, the closest comparable option (16gb ram, 8 core ampere cpu) with a base model mac mini will annually cost almost 50% of the mac mini price. so cost wise, mac mini is equal to 2 years of hetzner vm. (comparing prices as of today for both, earlier mac mini used to be quite cheap).

I already have residential internet. The only downside is having to ensure uninterrupted power and internet. and also the friction of connecting remotely via ssh.

Is it practical to host a real production app on a Mac mini?

Posted by yesiamsumit on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @07:23AM
from the self-post dept.

I want to try out some personal projects, and although personal projects often don't get much traffic, I'd like to make it capable of scaling upto tens of thousands of users. I've seen free tiers of DB providers like cockroachdb, supabase etc, but they seem to be very limited in storage and usage. Will running my apps on a mac mini (each app would have its own docker image) and opened to the...

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