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Notes from building DeskBoot. Mostly engineering, occasionally pricing or licensing. Not a content farm.
- Sep 1, 2026 · 3 min read · DeskBoot Team
What happens when your balance runs out: a 3-day grace period
DeskBoot now waits three days before terminating sessions on a negative balance — with daily reminders and a clearer email when your saved card is failing.
Read → - Aug 23, 2026 · 4 min read · DeskBoot Team
Static IPs on cloud desktops: when the $5/month is worth it
By default your session gets a dynamic IP that changes on every stop/start. Sometimes you need a fixed one. Here is when to pay for it and when not to.
Read → - Aug 16, 2026 · 5 min read · DeskBoot Team
Set up a Windows dev box on DeskBoot: Visual Studio, WSL2, VS Code in 10 minutes
You have a MacBook and one Windows-only tool to run. Here is how to stand up a working Windows dev box on DeskBoot — from signup to compiling code.
Read → - Aug 9, 2026 · 5 min read · DeskBoot Team
Per-session isolation in a shared VPC: how DeskBoot separates customers
You are not the only customer running an instance in our VPC. That is normal and safe — here is exactly how we make sure your session can't see anyone else's.
Read → - Aug 2, 2026 · 4 min read · DeskBoot Team
Auto-stop at $0: how we make sure your cloud bill never surprises you
The single biggest fear of new cloud customers is a runaway bill. Here's how DeskBoot prevents it — at multiple layers, on purpose.
Read → - Jul 19, 2026 · 4 min read · DeskBoot Team
Payment methods on DeskBoot: card, M-Pesa, and bank transfer
What payment methods DeskBoot supports, how to top up in KES or USD, and the friction points worth knowing about in each.
Read → - Jul 13, 2026 · 4 min read · DeskBoot Team
Why the region you pick matters (and how to pick one)
Every DeskBoot session runs in a specific AWS region. Latency to that region is the single biggest factor in whether RDP feels good. Here's how to pick.
Read → - Jul 7, 2026 · 4 min read · DeskBoot Team
Cloud desktop vs VPS vs your laptop: which one, when
You have a laptop already. You could rent a VPS. Why pay for a cloud desktop? A practical framework for when each one wins.
Read → - Jun 9, 2026 · 5 min read · DeskBoot Team
Windows 11 in the cloud isn't actually a Microsoft option (and what we do instead)
A licensing explainer for anyone who clicked "Windows 11 Pro" in our OS catalog and noticed it boots into Server 2022.
Read → - Jun 9, 2026 · 4 min read · DeskBoot Team
We charge by the second. Here's why.
The math behind per-second cloud workspace pricing, and why the $30/month flat-fee model is wrong for almost everyone.
Read → - Jun 9, 2026 · 4 min read · DeskBoot Team
Running Kali Linux in the cloud, the honest way
Why "just spin up a Kali AMI on EC2" is more friction than anyone admits, and what we built instead.
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