Oracle's Free 4-Core 24GB Server: From Signup to Running

blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0800

Oracle’s Always Free plan gives you a 4-core, 24 GB ARM server every month — no expiry, no charge. The same specs cost $80–100/month on AWS. This post strings together signup, pitfalls, instance creation, and keep-alive.

Oracle free VPS: the full path from preparation to running

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Oracle’s free tier is called Always Free. Not a trial, not a limited-time promo.

Self-Hosted AI API Pipeline: From Domain Email to Sub2API

blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0800

I originally wrote this post for a friend; I’m just cleaning it up a bit and publishing it.

I’ll assume you’ve never touched domain email, Cloudflare Workers, SMS-code platforms, registration bots, or AI API relays before. Wherever possible I’ll explain things in terms of “why this step exists” and “how to confirm you did it right”. When you get stuck, you can just paste the error into an AI and ask — in my testing, Codex handles this kind of deployment doc and config troubleshooting reasonably well. But sanitize API keys, passwords, cookies, and tokens before sending them to an AI. Don’t ask me how I know.

Self-Hosting on ByF (BaiFan) · Daily Deep Think

Oracle's Free 4-Core 24GB Server: From Signup to Running

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Self-Hosted AI API Pipeline: From Domain Email to Sub2API

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