@starbreaker @walruslifestyle the popular options among my friends (we're all poor CS students) are cheap VPSes (time4vps is really cheap but not super reliable), putting an old server at your parents' place, and getting a cheap dedi (usually from hetzner), running VMs on it and sharing it with friends, splitting the costs

Ofc in Belgium we don't really have to worry about healthcare or tuition fees, so, uh, yeah, sucks to be in your situation :I