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levelsio-vps-deploy

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Set up a web app on a single cheap, hardened VPS the "levels.io" way — one Hetzner/DigitalOcean box running Next.js (or any Node app) on SQLite + Caddy (auto-HTTPS) + systemd, secured with Tailscale, put behind a Cloudflare domain, and set up to charge money with Stripe. The whole "idea → app that makes money on a cheap VPS" path. Offers TWO workflows the user picks between — Path A, develop on your own computer and deploy to the VPS for cheap hosting; Path B (the full levels.io way), develop ON the VPS itself with Claude Code running in tmux, connecting via Termius from laptop or phone over Tailscale, with edits going live in seconds. The domain (Cloudflare) and payments (Stripe) steps each offer full-auto (the agent creates everything with your API keys) or manual (you click the dashboard, the agent verifies) modes. Use when the user wants cheap single-server hosting, asks to provision a Hetzner/DigitalOcean VPS, wants to deploy a Next.js/Node app WITHOUT Vercel/Supabase/Kubernetes, wants to develop on a server / code from their phone / run Claude Code persistently on a VPS, wants to put a domain on their app / point Cloudflare DNS at a VPS / hide the origin behind Cloudflare, wants to charge users / add Stripe subscriptions / set up a paywall / take payments / "make money", mentions the "levels.io method" / "one big server" / "boring tech" / tmux / Tailscale / Termius, or asks how to self-host a small app for a flat ~$8/mo.

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# levelsio-vps-deploy

Run a web app on **one cheap, hardened VPS** — the levels.io way. No Kubernetes,
no microservices, no managed PaaS. One box, boring tech, vertical scaling, ship
fast.

The full arc is **idea → app that makes money on a cheap VPS**: provision + secure
the box, deploy the app, put a **domain** on it (Cloudflare), and **charge money**
(Stripe). The last two steps each let the user choose *full-auto* (hand the agent
an API key, it creates everything) or *manual* (they click the dashboard, the
agent verifies each step read-only). If they already have a domain and an
activated Stripe account, going from a running app to taking payments is minutes.

## First: pick the workflow (ask the user)
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