Claude API tutorial: your first app on a VPS
Get a Claude API key, secure it on Ubuntu 24.04, ship a Python log-explainer with streaming, typed error handling, and real cost control.
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Claude Code token usage, explained
What actually burns tokens in Claude Code: the full-history resend on every turn, billed-but-hidden thinking, cache math, and the levers that cut cost.
Claude + n8n: build AI workflows on a VPS
Wire the Claude API into self-hosted n8n: credentials, model choice per node, three worked AI workflows, per-run cost math, and the errors that bite.
Claude plans in 2026: which one do you need?
Free, Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise? A decision guide to Claude's 2026 plan lineup: what each tier gates, where Claude Code is included, and when the API wins.
Run Gemini CLI on a headless VPS
Run Google's Gemini CLI on a headless VPS: a current Node, a no-sudo global install, browserless API-key auth, and tmux so long tasks survive SSH drops.
Run Ollama on a VPS: self-host an LLM
Self-host an open LLM with Ollama on a VPS: honest CPU sizing, install, systemd, why never to expose port 11434, and Open WebUI behind TLS.