u/Complex_world01

I’ve been messing around with Polymarket bots lately, and what surprised me wasn’t the strategy side.

It was uptime.

At first, I ran everything on my laptop at home. I figured it would be fine, and most of the time it was.

Then I started noticing the small interruptions that happen in a normal day:

•	The internet drops for 20 seconds.  
•	The laptop goes to sleep.  
•	The browser crashes for no clear reason.  
•	System updates kick in.  
•	The CPU gets hammered because I’ve got 30 other tabs open  

Any one of those on its own doesn’t seem like a big deal. But when a bot is supposed to react to market changes right away, those small hiccups start to matter.

That’s especially true with prediction markets, where timing can affect entries, exits, and arbitrage.

What’s funny is that I kept blaming the bot itself.

I’d change settings and tweak the strategy, thinking that was the problem. Turns out some of the issues were just because the setup running it wasn’t stable.

I think a lot of people getting into automated trading ignore the infrastructure side at first. It’s just less interesting than building the strategy.

But once something’s running nonstop for weeks, reliability matters more than you expect.

I’m curious if anyone else using Polymarket bots ran into the same thing, or if I’m overthinking it.

I realized I was wasting 90% of my VPS resources just letting it sit there as a proxy. I decided to cancel my SaaS subscriptions (Dropbox, 1Password, Zapier) and move everything to my own server.

Here is the production stack I've been running for months:

Vaultwarden (1Password Alternative) The lightweight Rust implementation of Bitwarden server. It runs on potato specs (even 512MB RAM) and syncs perfectly with official Bitwarden apps.

Seafile (Dropbox Alternative) I tried Nextcloud but it felt sluggish. Seafile is a beast for speed and reliability. The delta sync works great for my work documents and photo backups.

Memos (Note-taking) A lightweight, Twitter-like memo tool. Perfect for capturing quick thoughts or code snippets without the bloat of Notion. SQLite backend makes backups a breeze.

n8n (Zapier Alternative) Powerful workflow automation. Heads up: This is the heaviest container in this list. I recommend at least 2GB RAM (or 2 vCPU/2GB) if you plan to run complex workflows, otherwise, you might hit OOM issues.

Nginx Proxy Manager The easiest way to handle SSL termination and reverse proxying. Saves me from writing raw Nginx configs.

Hardware Specs: The whole stack (minus n8n) runs comfortably on a 1 vCPU / 1GB instance. If you include n8n, I highly recommend upgrading to a 2 vCPU / 2GB plan for stability.

Hi,​‍​‌‍​‍‌ I am not very new but I am really interested in how I can use AI trading with a VPS since I am trying to automate my trading at least a little bit. Furthermore, what are the cheapest and best VPS providers in your ​‍​‌‍​‍‌opinion?