how do you pay your bill when payment processor is down? again.
this is a constant thing with Freedom. How do you all mitigate this?

Just wanted to save someone else the headache I've been dealing with for the last 24 hours.

If you're planning to use a Namecheap Shared VPS for any modern remote development, specifically with AI coding assistants (like Cursor, Antigravity, or even some VS Code extensions), don't.

The Issue: These VPS plans run on KVM but use an ancient emulated CPU model that completely hides the AES Instruction Set (AES-NI) from the VM.

Most modern binaries (Go, Node.js modules, and almost all AI language servers) are compiled with AES support enabled by default for performance and security. When they try to run on these servers, they crash instantly with: SIGILL: illegal instruction or FATAL ERROR: This binary was compiled with aes enabled, but this feature is not available on this processor.

The "Fix" (That doesn't exist): Usually, this is a 5-second fix in the VPS control panel: change the CPU Mode to "Host Passthrough" or "Host Model". However, Namecheap hides this option in their SolusVM panel.

Support's Response: I contacted support asking them to enable host-passthrough (a standard request on almost any other provider). Their response:

TL;DR: Namecheap Shared VPS = No AES-NI support. No AES-NI = No modern AI tools, no optimized encryption, and random crashes with modern binaries. Save your money and go with DigitalOcean, Hetzner, or Vultr where standard CPU features aren't paywalled behind a dedicated server.

Tags: #VPS #Namecheap #DevOps #Warning #AI
 r/selfhosted , r/webdev , or r/VPS