He makes $3M a year with a $400 VPS

this man makes $3 million a year with a this man makes $3 million a year with a $400 VPS meet Peter levels and this is $400 VPS meet Peter levels and this is $400 VPS meet Peter levels and this is fantastic I just discovered this guy uh fantastic I just discovered this guy uh fantastic I just discovered this guy uh by watching The Lex fredman podcast I by watching The Lex fredman podcast I by watching The Lex fredman podcast I actually watched it yesterday and then I actually watched it yesterday and then I actually watched it yesterday and then I started following him on Twitter and started following him on Twitter and started following him on Twitter and yeah of course he's Dutch so that is yeah of course he's Dutch so that is yeah of course he's Dutch so that is already big bonus points for me as a already big bonus points for me as a already big bonus points for me as a fellow Dutchman but I started following fellow Dutchman but I started following fellow Dutchman but I started following him on Twitter and is he's just such a him on Twitter and is he's just such a him on Twitter and is he's just such a great guy so the thing about him is that great guy so the thing about him is that great guy so the thing about him is that he has a he has a he has a few startups that he did he did like 100 few startups that he did he did like 100 few startups that he did he did like 100 ideas or or what is it year 70 plus ideas or or what is it year 70 plus ideas or or what is it year 70 plus projects and 95% of them failed so he projects and 95% of them failed so he projects and 95% of them failed so he did so many small little startups but did so many small little startups but did so many small little startups but then obviously a few of them have then obviously a few of them have then obviously a few of them have succeeded and he has a few things most succeeded and he has a few things most succeeded and he has a few things most notably the nomad.com notably the nomad.com notably the nomad.com was one of the first original digital was one of the first original digital was one of the first original digital Nomads and then he created this website Nomads and then he created this website Nomads and then he created this website where you can um like find places to be where you can um like find places to be where you can um like find places to be a digital Nomad in and this is bringing a digital Nomad in and this is bringing a digital Nomad in and this is bringing in what was it $40,000 a month and then in what was it $40,000 a month and then in what was it $40,000 a month and then later he created when AI started getting later he created when AI started getting later he created when AI started getting big and booming he created photo ai.com big and booming he created photo ai.com big and booming he created photo ai.com which is now 78,000 a month and no this which is now 78,000 a month and no this which is now 78,000 a month and no this is revenue not profit and this website is revenue not profit and this website is revenue not profit and this website is uh a website where you upload your

is uh a website where you upload your is uh a website where you upload your own photos and then you tell it okay say own photos and then you tell it okay say own photos and then you tell it okay say you just upload a photo of your face and you just upload a photo of your face and you just upload a photo of your face and then you say make this make a picture of then you say make this make a picture of then you say make this make a picture of me in a suit with a brown background and me in a suit with a brown background and me in a suit with a brown background and then you get these very goodlooking then you get these very goodlooking then you get these very goodlooking pictures of yourself and it actually pictures of yourself and it actually pictures of yourself and it actually works like we've all played with these a works like we've all played with these a works like we've all played with these a AI models but they never really work but AI models but they never really work but AI models but they never really work but he has tuned it to a way that it he has tuned it to a way that it he has tuned it to a way that it actually works when you upload your actually works when you upload your actually works when you upload your picture and then um you get all of these picture and then um you get all of these picture and then um you get all of these beautiful pictures that actually look beautiful pictures that actually look beautiful pictures that actually look good and so he the the thing about him good and so he the the thing about him good and so he the the thing about him is that he he does everything with is that he he does everything with is that he he does everything with jQuery and PHP he does everything jQuery and PHP he does everything jQuery and PHP he does everything himself it's just a oneman show he has a himself it's just a oneman show he has a himself it's just a oneman show he has a few people who help him but it's mainly few people who help him but it's mainly few people who help him but it's mainly just him hacking around from a laptop just him hacking around from a laptop just him hacking around from a laptop and he travels all over the world and he travels all over the world and he travels all over the world and he does everything in jQuery and PHP and he does everything in jQuery and PHP and he does everything in jQuery and PHP which is already fantastic but now he is which is already fantastic but now he is which is already fantastic but now he is also posting on Twitter about his the also posting on Twitter about his the also posting on Twitter about his the rest of his Tex tag so here he posted rest of his Tex tag so here he posted rest of his Tex tag so here he posted this tweet uh let me see this tweet uh let me see this tweet uh let me see here my my VPS bill is the same it was here my my VPS bill is the same it was here my my VPS bill is the same it was last month and all the months before it last month and all the months before it last month and all the months before it 384 a 384 a 384 a month even with increased traffic so he month even with increased traffic so he month even with increased traffic so he is not now gone on Lex fredman and his is not now gone on Lex fredman and his is not now gone on Lex fredman and his posts were shared by Elon Musk he's posts were shared by Elon Musk he's posts were shared by Elon Musk he's going viral he he is already a viral

going viral he he is already a viral going viral he he is already a viral character apparently I didn't know about character apparently I didn't know about character apparently I didn't know about him but he is actually going viral and him but he is actually going viral and him but he is actually going viral and all of the traffic is just going to this all of the traffic is just going to this all of the traffic is just going to this one VPS that runs all of his websites one VPS that runs all of his websites one VPS that runs all of his websites and this is just so funny to me as a and this is just so funny to me as a and this is just so funny to me as a devops engineer devops engineer devops engineer because I also love over complicating because I also love over complicating because I also love over complicating these things and this is just so so these things and this is just so so these things and this is just so so refreshing to see him do this stuff on refreshing to see him do this stuff on refreshing to see him do this stuff on one VPS one VPS one VPS $384 a month it's it's a uh what what is $384 a month it's it's a uh what what is $384 a month it's it's a uh what what is it a 16 it a 16 it a 16 core yeah it's 16 CPU 64 gigabyte RAM uh core yeah it's 16 CPU 64 gigabyte RAM uh core yeah it's 16 CPU 64 gigabyte RAM uh VPS running on digital ocean and he has VPS running on digital ocean and he has VPS running on digital ocean and he has all of these websites that we just saw all of these websites that we just saw all of these websites that we just saw here in this uh top section all of this here in this uh top section all of this here in this uh top section all of this is running on that one VPS is running on that one VPS is running on that one VPS and he is and he is and he is also uh he he wrote he said in a also uh he he wrote he said in a also uh he he wrote he said in a different interview that I watched of different interview that I watched of different interview that I watched of him uh this morning he also just always him uh this morning he also just always him uh this morning he also just always deploys straight to production so he deploys straight to production so he deploys straight to production so he wrote all of this himself it's all him wrote all of this himself it's all him wrote all of this himself it's all him and it's all jQuery and PHP but he he and it's all jQuery and PHP but he he and it's all jQuery and PHP but he he doesn't even have a staging environment doesn't even have a staging environment doesn't even have a staging environment so when he changes something he he posts so when he changes something he he posts so when he changes something he he posts he he he makes a commit and then the he he he makes a commit and then the he he he makes a commit and then the pipeline pipeline pipeline just changes the static website files just changes the static website files just changes the static website files with his change and boom it's out in with his change and boom it's out in with his change and boom it's out in production so it's all on one server and

production so it's all on one server and production so it's all on one server and it's all on one place uh he's deploying it's all on one place uh he's deploying it's all on one place uh he's deploying straight to production no staging straight to production no staging straight to production no staging nothing and it's working I mean he's nothing and it's working I mean he's nothing and it's working I mean he's making $3 million a month how much money making $3 million a month how much money making $3 million a month how much money are you making are you making are you making right and I think it's just so right and I think it's just so right and I think it's just so refreshing to see what this guy do with refreshing to see what this guy do with refreshing to see what this guy do with just one VPS and some coding and just one VPS and some coding and just one VPS and some coding and creating web apps I mean it's just creating web apps I mean it's just creating web apps I mean it's just fantastic and like I'm I'm going to be fantastic and like I'm I'm going to be fantastic and like I'm I'm going to be the first one to confess that I have the first one to confess that I have the first one to confess that I have also recommended people sometimes to do also recommended people sometimes to do also recommended people sometimes to do technical changes that maybe weren't technical changes that maybe weren't technical changes that maybe weren't even necessary in hindsight like you even necessary in hindsight like you even necessary in hindsight like you don't not like this is going to be don't not like this is going to be don't not like this is going to be sounding Blasphemous to many of my sounding Blasphemous to many of my sounding Blasphemous to many of my audience members but not everything audience members but not everything audience members but not everything needs to run in a container not needs to run in a container not needs to run in a container not everything needs to run on kubernetes everything needs to run on kubernetes everything needs to run on kubernetes and I am the first one to say that I'm and I am the first one to say that I'm and I am the first one to say that I'm very guilty of this I always like try to very guilty of this I always like try to very guilty of this I always like try to run everything Cloud native and on run everything Cloud native and on run everything Cloud native and on kubernetes but this guy is just showing kubernetes but this guy is just showing kubernetes but this guy is just showing that many things don't actually need it that many things don't actually need it that many things don't actually need it so there is a bit more depth to this of so there is a bit more depth to this of so there is a bit more depth to this of course of so doing a little bit of more course of so doing a little bit of more course of so doing a little bit of more analysis we just saw when we go to these analysis we just saw when we go to these analysis we just saw when we go to these websites he is using um Cloud flare uh websites he is using um Cloud flare uh websites he is using um Cloud flare uh let me see can I can I visit one of let me see can I can I visit one of let me see can I can I visit one of these again to to get we just saw I just these again to to get we just saw I just these again to to get we just saw I just clicked it but I didn't show it here

clicked it but I didn't show it here clicked it but I didn't show it here therapist AI let's see no now it's also therapist AI let's see no now it's also therapist AI let's see no now it's also maybe Cloud fair is cached me but we did maybe Cloud fair is cached me but we did maybe Cloud fair is cached me but we did see when I was clicking on these see when I was clicking on these see when I was clicking on these previous ones that you needed to click previous ones that you needed to click previous ones that you needed to click on cloud flare to verify so he is using on cloud flare to verify so he is using on cloud flare to verify so he is using that as a layer of security that already that as a layer of security that already that as a layer of security that already helps a lot if you have cloudflare as a helps a lot if you have cloudflare as a helps a lot if you have cloudflare as a CDN uh making the content available all CDN uh making the content available all CDN uh making the content available all over the world or caching it all over over the world or caching it all over over the world or caching it all over the world and then handling the security the world and then handling the security the world and then handling the security that is of course a much deeper layer that is of course a much deeper layer that is of course a much deeper layer than than just opening your VPS straight than than just opening your VPS straight than than just opening your VPS straight to the Internet so that's number one and to the Internet so that's number one and to the Internet so that's number one and then secondly this photo AI uh thing then secondly this photo AI uh thing then secondly this photo AI uh thing that he does he is not running that on that he does he is not running that on that he does he is not running that on that VPS I saw him he spoke to it on a that VPS I saw him he spoke to it on a that VPS I saw him he spoke to it on a different uh uh interview different uh uh interview different uh uh interview uh he is using some um other AI backend uh he is using some um other AI backend uh he is using some um other AI backend service that he has a deal with so this service that he has a deal with so this service that he has a deal with so this front end is basically just to accept front end is basically just to accept front end is basically just to accept the files and to handle the payment and the files and to handle the payment and the files and to handle the payment and then those files are being forwarded to then those files are being forwarded to then those files are being forwarded to another service that he uses so in that another service that he uses so in that another service that he uses so in that sense uh this this one VPS is just sense uh this this one VPS is just sense uh this this one VPS is just handling the web front end and the handling the web front end and the handling the web front end and the databases that he uses he's also using databases that he uses he's also using databases that he uses he's also using only SQL light for all of this stuff only SQL light for all of this stuff only SQL light for all of this stuff he's not using postest it's just SQL he's not using postest it's just SQL he's not using postest it's just SQL light so it's not just running on the light so it's not just running on the light so it's not just running on the VPS there there are a few more layers to

VPS there there are a few more layers to VPS there there are a few more layers to it and having Cloud flare definitely it and having Cloud flare definitely it and having Cloud flare definitely helps with the security and the safety helps with the security and the safety helps with the security and the safety of things but still it is a really of things but still it is a really of things but still it is a really refreshing take to see him do this and refreshing take to see him do this and refreshing take to see him do this and then just openly saying yeah I just use then just openly saying yeah I just use then just openly saying yeah I just use jQuery and PHP and he he he speaks about jQuery and PHP and he he he speaks about jQuery and PHP and he he he speaks about how complicated things get with how complicated things get with how complicated things get with Frameworks and how big companies will Frameworks and how big companies will Frameworks and how big companies will start promoting Frameworks and how start promoting Frameworks and how start promoting Frameworks and how developers make things much more developers make things much more developers make things much more complicated than necessary and I am also complicated than necessary and I am also complicated than necessary and I am also uh guilty of this so I think he is a uh guilty of this so I think he is a uh guilty of this so I think he is a very inspiring guy absolutely highly very inspiring guy absolutely highly very inspiring guy absolutely highly recommended to check out this episode recommended to check out this episode recommended to check out this episode I'll link it in the the video I'll link it in the the video I'll link it in the the video description and uh check him out he's description and uh check him out he's description and uh check him out he's he's an indie hacker who and what I he's an indie hacker who and what I he's an indie hacker who and what I learned from him is that uh it doesn't learned from him is that uh it doesn't learned from him is that uh it doesn't have to be perfect in the beginning when have to be perfect in the beginning when have to be perfect in the beginning when you have an idea you have a startup idea you have an idea you have a startup idea you have an idea you have a startup idea just build it just do it yourself it just build it just do it yourself it just build it just do it yourself it doesn't have to be pretty just get it up doesn't have to be pretty just get it up doesn't have to be pretty just get it up there with a payment link and try it out there with a payment link and try it out there with a payment link and try it out and then see maybe see if you need to and then see maybe see if you need to and then see maybe see if you need to optimize things whereas people like me optimize things whereas people like me optimize things whereas people like me and maybe you too we would rather do all and maybe you too we would rather do all and maybe you too we would rather do all of the coding beforehand we build the of the coding beforehand we build the of the coding beforehand we build the product we make it perfect and then we product we make it perfect and then we product we make it perfect and then we maybe try to ship it to the public and maybe try to ship it to the public and maybe try to ship it to the public and if you're trying to make it as a uh if you're trying to make it as a uh if you're trying to make it as a uh entrepreneur or an indie hacker that is entrepreneur or an indie hacker that is entrepreneur or an indie hacker that is not the way to go about it I mean if you not the way to go about it I mean if you not the way to go about it I mean if you look on product look on product look on product hunt uh there are just so many projects

hunt uh there are just so many projects hunt uh there are just so many projects every day being released and they are every day being released and they are every day being released and they are completely beautiful and they are completely beautiful and they are completely beautiful and they are completely fully engineered but they are completely fully engineered but they are completely fully engineered but they are never going to make it they are never never going to make it they are never never going to make it they are never going to make bring in the money that going to make bring in the money that going to make bring in the money that the Creator should get right so very the Creator should get right so very the Creator should get right so very refreshing take check him out and I just refreshing take check him out and I just refreshing take check him out and I just thought it was so funny as a devops thought it was so funny as a devops thought it was so funny as a devops engineer who has a huge kubernetes engineer who has a huge kubernetes engineer who has a huge kubernetes cluster relatively running in his closet cluster relatively running in his closet cluster relatively running in his closet here to run a few web apps to see him here to run a few web apps to see him here to run a few web apps to see him run a 3 million business on one VPS very run a 3 million business on one VPS very run a 3 million business on one VPS very inspiring check him out thank you so inspiring check him out thank you so inspiring check him out thank you so much for watching and let me know in the much for watching and let me know in the much for watching and let me know in the comments what you think about this would comments what you think about this would comments what you think about this would you run a 3 million business on one VPS you run a 3 million business on one VPS you run a 3 million business on one VPS I would probably have at least one I would probably have at least one I would probably have at least one backup if if goes hits the fan backup if if goes hits the fan backup if if goes hits the fan and you want to back up to a different and you want to back up to a different and you want to back up to a different region but who am I to say he is making region but who am I to say he is making region but who am I to say he is making a thousand times more money than I do so a thousand times more money than I do so a thousand times more money than I do so all the best to you Peter all the best all the best to you Peter all the best all the best to you Peter all the best of luck thank you for watching see you of luck thank you for watching see you of luck thank you for watching see you in the next one