From the engineers

Guides, releases and engineering notes

Practical writing about hosting, performance, streaming and networking — the things we learn running the platform day to day.

Choosing the right VPS region for your audience

Latency is dominated by distance. Here is how to pick between Chicago, Las Vegas and Kansas City for the users you actually serve.

A plain-language look at the private mesh behind HostingSwift and why it keeps cross-region traffic off the public internet.

Pick a bitrate that sounds good and respects your listeners bandwidth. A practical reference for radio and video broadcasters.