What if your next MVP could run on two servers behind a load balancer, with nothing but your website exposed to the internet, and your infrastructure code refused any change that would turn your free project into a monthly bill?

You can do that with this open-source Terraform module on Oracle Cloud's Always Free tier.

Terraform Registry : devsahamerlin/alwaysfree-and-flexible-ha-compute-service/oci

Ready-to-run example : examples/example-1

GitHub : devsahamerlin/terraform-oci-alwaysfree-and-flexible-ha-compute-service

The hidden cost of the free shortcut

Your side project, student lab, internal tool or startup MVP reaches the same point sooner or later. You need what production has: more than one server, a single controlled entry point, private networking, and administrator access that isn't open to everyone. You rarely have a budget for it.

The usual shortcuts each carry a cost that shows up later:

One public server.…