Valentino Stoll

So hopefully I can get back to it to make it easier for other people to kind of do the same thing. But right now it's just a series of Lambda scripts that just make it easier to spin up stuff. And how much does it cost you to actually run this? My monthly bill is maybe $3 to $5 a month. Oh, okay. I feel like, yeah, on average, it's around $3. So, I mean, they use it regularly.

So hopefully I can get back to it to make it easier for other people to kind of do the same thing. But right now it's just a series of Lambda scripts that just make it easier to spin up stuff. And how much does it cost you to actually run this? My monthly bill is maybe $3 to $5 a month. Oh, okay. I feel like, yeah, on average, it's around $3. So, I mean, they use it regularly.

It's definitely been the cheapest I've found, just not time-wise.

It's definitely been the cheapest I've found, just not time-wise.

Yeah, it's pretty great. So when I... What I ultimately did is made a way for just some environment variables as, you know, the allowed admins to whitelist IPs, which basically just become the parents, right? Right.

Yeah, it's pretty great. So when I... What I ultimately did is made a way for just some environment variables as, you know, the allowed admins to whitelist IPs, which basically just become the parents, right? Right.

So then any parent that wants to be able to get their kid to join or, you know, to stop their kid from playing or anything like that, they could just text this number and say, hey, like, you know, remove this whitelisted IP for now. And then it cuts them out of the server, right? Yeah. No, that makes sense. Yeah. So it's been really helpful, you know, just to help.

So then any parent that wants to be able to get their kid to join or, you know, to stop their kid from playing or anything like that, they could just text this number and say, hey, like, you know, remove this whitelisted IP for now. And then it cuts them out of the server, right? Yeah. No, that makes sense. Yeah. So it's been really helpful, you know, just to help.

I mean, it's hard because like you said, like, how do you trust any one of these servers outside of Minecraft's, you know, realms or whatever it is. And, you know, that that is great, too. But then like any of their friends have to be in the realms also. And it becomes this thing of, OK, well, who's paying for what? Right.

I mean, it's hard because like you said, like, how do you trust any one of these servers outside of Minecraft's, you know, realms or whatever it is. And, you know, that that is great, too. But then like any of their friends have to be in the realms also. And it becomes this thing of, OK, well, who's paying for what? Right.

I have all that backed up to S3. Right. That's how that works. So then, you know, when they turn it back on, all their stuff's still there.

I have all that backed up to S3. Right. That's how that works. So then, you know, when they turn it back on, all their stuff's still there.

Well, I'll tell you what, Minecraft servers are not that hard to get configured and spin up. So at least there's that for you.

Well, I'll tell you what, Minecraft servers are not that hard to get configured and spin up. So at least there's that for you.

Yeah. Yeah, luckily I haven't hit that wall yet. My kids aren't as demanding with the mods.

Yeah. Yeah, luckily I haven't hit that wall yet. My kids aren't as demanding with the mods.

Yeah, I'm on Twitter. T-H-E, code name V, the code name V. Find me on GitHub at Codename V. I have a blog where I post about my experiments with embedded systems and Ruby. That's at least been what I've been writing about currently. And that's blog.codenamev.com. So that's where you can find me. Awesome.

Yeah, I'm on Twitter. T-H-E, code name V, the code name V. Find me on GitHub at Codename V. I have a blog where I post about my experiments with embedded systems and Ruby. That's at least been what I've been writing about currently. And that's blog.codenamev.com. So that's where you can find me. Awesome.

You're welcome. All right. Honestly, let me know how that goes because I've been the only one that's used it so far. Will do.

You're welcome. All right. Honestly, let me know how that goes because I've been the only one that's used it so far. Will do.