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The Great Replit Escape (VPS Fleet)

Claude Code audited all 27 Replit apps, then set up and hardened multiple VPS servers and migrated the keepers — slashing hosting costs and taking full control.

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27 apps audited · multiple VPSes hardened & running
⚡ Audit → migrate → verify, app by app

The problem

27 apps scattered across Replit meant runaway costs and zero control.

What Claude Code did

Claude Code cataloged every app with a migrate/keep/kill verdict, then built out VPS infrastructure: nginx, SSL, firewalls, fail2ban, systemd services, nightly backups — and moved the survivors one by one, verifying each.

The result

A hardened fleet Joe owns outright, with every service documented.

Under the hood

Ubuntu VPSnginxufw / fail2bansystemdcron backups

FAQ

Isn't server admin exactly what no-code was supposed to avoid?

It was — until the admin became an AI. Claude Code does the sysadmin work; Joe does the deciding.

What happened to the other apps?

Killed or consolidated. The audit alone paid for itself.

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