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Notes on Minecraft hosting.

2026-07-01

A live dev loop for Minecraft plugins (and the API behind it)

Stop hand-uploading jars. truetick dev rebuilds, uploads, restarts, and tails the log on every save — on a metered scale-to-zero test server. Plus the SDK, MCP, and REST API behind it.Read →
2026-06-08

Why your Minecraft server lags at 8pm (and more RAM won't fix it)

Prime-time lag isn't a memory problem. It's what CPU overselling does to Minecraft's single-threaded tick — and how to spot it on any host.Read →
2026-06-07

What is TPS and MSPT — and how to check what your host really gives you

TPS and MSPT are the two numbers that define how a Minecraft server feels. Here's what they mean, how to read them, and why most hosts won't show them.Read →
2026-06-06

We show our live TPS. Here's why that's still rare.

TrueTick puts live TPS and MSPT on your dashboard and refuses to oversell cores. How it works under the hood — and why this is rare.Read →