bills
The emergency is past. A working MacBook Neo and restored Claude access came from the community. What's left is the ordinary monthly cost of keeping every aesthetic.computer service online — gives and keeps cover part of it, the rest comes out of pocket.
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what's covered now
MacBook Neo — a working daily laptop — Fía got it for me 💗
Claude Code Max $100/mo — restored — paid by Sage
DigitalOcean — all droplets active & paid — account current
Netlify hosting risk — site at risk — migrated off Netlify entirely (see below)
the big change since march: own the server
aesthetic.computer no longer runs on Netlify. In late March the whole site moved to a DigitalOcean droplet (ac-lith) running Caddy + an Express adapter that serves the same 125+ functions. No more per-function limits, no more "period ends, site goes dark" — just one VPS we control. Bandwidth went from 100GB to 4TB and the recurring Netlify bill ($19/mo + the threat of takedown) is gone.
machine state — updated jun 4, 2026
| machine | type | state |
|---|---|---|
| macbook-neo | laptop | primary |
| jeffrey-windows | desktop tower | fine |
| jeffrey-macbook (old) | laptop | degraded |
| x1-nano-g2 | laptop | unstable |
| jas-fedora (x1 nano gen 1?) | laptop | offline |
| ac-lith / oven / silo / help / at / session / legacy | vps | servers |
where your money goes right now
transparent breakdown: With the laptop and Claude covered, incoming support now goes straight to the monthly cost of keeping every service online. The recurring nut is roughly $356/mo before usage-based Anthropic API + Stripe fees.
| item | what | monthly |
|---|---|---|
| digitalocean | 7 droplets + Redis + volume + Spaces | ~$248 |
| claude code max | development subscription | ~$100 |
| domains (8) | renewals across registrars | ~$8 |
| recurring monthly | fixed costs | ~$356 |
| + anthropic api | Claude Code usage | usage |
| + stripe / paypal | payment fees | per-txn |
completed
Get a working laptop — MacBook Neo, gift from Fía 💗
Restore Claude Code Max $100 — paid by Sage
Pay DigitalOcean $412.34 backlog — done; account current
Escape the Netlify takedown risk — migrated to the ac-lith droplet
open items to verify
1. GitHub — confirm the ~$500 prior-months balance is settled — billing history
2. Shopify — store still closed; decide reactivate vs. remove the shop integration for good
3. GCP/Nanos — confirm no surprise VM spend — console.cloud.google.com
4. Anthropic API burn rate — console.anthropic.com
5. Domain renewals — check 8 zones for upcoming expirations
income
gives — stripe donations
recent gives
keeps — tezos nft sales
keeps contract details
| contract | ... |
| network | ... |
| profile/version | ... |
| config source | ... |
| mint fee | 2.5 XTZ |
| royalties | 10% (9% artist, 1% platform) |
| marketplace | view on objkt.com |
| explorer | view on tzkt.io |
costs
digitalocean monthly invoices
service map
all services
| status | service | monthly |
|---|---|---|
| active | DigitalOcean | ~$248 |
| active | Claude Code Max | $100 |
| active | Anthropic API | Usage |
| active | MongoDB | $0 |
| retired | Netlify | $0 |
| closed | Shopify | $0 |
| verify | GitHub | ~$500? |
| free | Cloudflare | $0 |
| active | Firebase / GCP | $0–50 |
| free | Auth0 | $0 |
| active | Stripe | Per-txn |
| active | PayPal | Per-txn |
| free | Jamsocket | $0 |
| active | Domains (8) | ~$8 |
digitalocean — ~$248/mo (paid, active)
droplets
| name | ip | $/mo |
|---|---|---|
| oven | 137.184.237.166 | ~$96 |
| ac-lith host | 209.38.133.33 | ~$24 |
| help | 146.190.150.173 | ~$24 |
| silo | 64.23.151.169 | ~$24 |
| at/pds | 165.227.120.137 | ~$24 |
| session | 157.245.134.225 | ~$6 |
| legacy-2016 | 162.243.163.221 | ~$6 |
other resources
| resource | detail | $/mo |
|---|---|---|
| Managed Redis/Valkey | db-s-1vcpu-1gb — sfo3 | $15 |
| Block Volume | 150GB — nyc1 | $15 |
| Spaces | 250GB + bandwidth (10 buckets) | $5 |
| Backups / snapshots + bandwidth | legacy weekly + overage | ~$9 |
Droplet subtotal ~$204 + resources ~$44 ≈ $248/mo. Apr & May invoices both $248.40; Jun MTD $26 as of the 4th.
cloudflare domains (free)
| domain | registrar | plan |
|---|---|---|
| aesthetic.computer | Tucows | free |
| kidlisp.com | Key-Systems | free |
| notepat.com | Key-Systems | free |
| sotce.net | 1API | free |
| prompt.ac | 1API | free |
| jas.life | 1API | free |
| justanothersystem.org | 1API | free |
| false.work | GoDaddy | free |
cost reduction opportunities (save ~$60/mo)
| action | saves |
|---|---|
| Kill legacy-2016 + 150GB volume + backup | ~$23 |
| Redis → Upstash free tier | $15 |
| Right-size oven when not building | varies |
| Evaluate AT/PDS droplet | ~$24 |
| Consolidate domains | $5–10 |
| realistic total | ~$60 |
Note: oven was deliberately upgraded to 16GB/8vCPU ($96/mo) to run image/code/paper builds — downsizing it trades capacity for cost.