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AWS Free Tier Tricks for Broke Developers

I host my betting bot on AWS EC2 free tier, and I've been doing it for 8 months without paying a cent. The trick is to use the t2.micro instance (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM) and never exceed 750 hours/month.

I also use S3 free tier (5GB storage) to store my betting historical data, and Lambda free tier (1M requests/month) to run my uptime checks. The only cost is $0.50/month for a static IP, which I need for my Telegram bot.

If you're broke, AWS free tier is enough for small projects. Just watch your usage dashboard every week to avoid overage charges.

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