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I literally thought they are giving out backpacks so I was like WOW, then I realized it is a bunch of tools. Well, better than nothing, free server from DigitalOcean is pretty useful for me as a student to learn about deploying on an actual server instead of relying on 3rd party services like heroku.

Um... better than backpacks, I'd say.

i guess that is what differentiates a student from a working adult.

A 100 dollars in credit in digital ocean is better than a backpack considering most backpacks cost >$100

I already have a backpack. The same one that I've had since I was more of a pupil than a student.

Free server? I thought it was $100 in credit. How far does $100 go?

If you run the cheapest one at $5/month then almost 2 years.

If you are using their $5/month plan than you get 20 months [1]. Obviously backups and other things will add a little to the cost but realistically easily a year of free server time.

[1] - https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/

About 20 months of their $5/mo plan: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/

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