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I use Digital Ocean for everything. They let you spin up a virtual server to suit your needs and you can group them by project. I use one server dedicated to my forum and another I just host all my small static sites on.

They provide Ubuntu as the operating system and then I install nginx as ...

PHP, the language, not the forum software phpBB. PHP is a good general purpose programming language.

My current job is software developer and I've been doing it for about 20 years. My dream job is owning an oddities shop.

Aside from that, I'd like to make money from my forum and side projects. Multiple income streams seems like the safer bet these days.

PHP is my go-to language. I like Python and I've been learning some Rust, but PHP is my way of getting things done.

I use Digital Ocean for everything. They let you spin up a virtual server to suit your needs and you can group them by project. I use one server dedicated to my forum and another I just host all my small static sites on.

They provide Ubuntu as the operating system and then I install nginx as the ...

Definitely! I started with the Sega Genesis and Sonic the Hedgehog. Still play that.

Later I moved on to PC gaming with Half Life, Commandos, Age of Empires.

These days I play less but still enjoy PC games like Dusk. I have a PS4 and PS5 for console games like Uncharted and Just Cause.

I started with Geocities, figured out HTML by a combination of trial/error and stealing from other websites. Eventually I learned PHP and I've stuck with it ever since.