Hermes Agent is most useful when it is always available. You can test it on a laptop, but a local setup stops when your computer sleeps, disconnects when your home network changes, and becomes awkward when you want scheduled tasks, messaging integrations, or long-running automation.

That is why many users move Hermes Agent to a VPS. A VPS gives you a small cloud server with a public IP address, root access, stable networking, and 24/7 uptime. In this guide, I will walk through the beginner setup process: choosing a server, connecting with SSH, preparing Linux, running Hermes Agent, keeping it online, and handling basic security.

If you’ve been browsing VPS recommendations lately, you’ve probably seen the same names repeated everywhere.

But in 2026, the market is much bigger than that.

After testing and digging deeper (including some underrated providers), here are 6 VPS providers worth buying right now — without falling into the usual traps.

Cloud servers are getting cheaper every year, but cheap doesn’t always mean stable. I’ve tested and compared multiple providers for personal projects, websites, automation tasks, and small business deployments, and one thing is clear: pricing alone tells you nothing about real performance.

AI coding models are moving fast, but GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark feels different.
Instead of just generating snippets, it focuses on real-time coding workflows, fast iteration, and agent-style development.

If you’ve seen people talking about Codex-Spark but aren’t sure how to actually try it without paying, this guide walks you through everything — from what it is, where to access it, and how to start using it effectively.

AI models are getting stronger every quarter, but access costs are also rising.
MiniMax M2.5 is one of the newer models people are paying attention to — especially for reasoning tasks, agent workflows, and structured output generation.

The good news?
You don’t necessarily have to pay to try it.

If you've been looking for free access to powerful language models, you're in the right place. Zhipu AI's GLM (General Language Model) series offers some of the most capable open-source models available today, and you can use them completely free of charge.

Introduction

If you’ve been following the AI space recently, you’ve probably noticed that GLM series models are getting more attention globally. GLM-5 is designed to compete with top-tier coding and reasoning models while still keeping relatively friendly access options for developers and individual users.

Over the past year, I’ve been testing different VPS providers for real workloads — not just speed tests, but actual usage like hosting WordPress sites, running small AI services, and deploying automation scripts that need to stay online 24/7. What I care about most is simple: stability first, price second, and billing flexibility third.

Over the past few weeks, something unusual has been happening on OpenRouter.

A model with no company name, no official launch event, and almost zero marketing suddenly climbed to the top of search and usage rankings.

Its name? Pony Alpha.

And if you’ve been following the AI community lately, you’ve probably seen people trying to figure out where it actually comes from.

Introduction

Over the last year, AI models have shifted from simple chat assistants to real productivity tools that can write production code, automate workflows, and even run multi-step reasoning tasks.

Claude Opus 4.6 is part of that shift.

Instead of just being “a smarter chatbot”, Opus 4.6 is designed for: