Renewals shock: domain and hosting same week, ouch

SO I WOKE UP TUESDAY AND CHECKED MY EMAIL LIKE I ALWAYS DO HAD MY OATMEAL WITH BLUEBERRIES BECAUSE THE CAT WAS SCREAMING AT 6AM LIKE USUAL AND THE WEATHER WAS RAINY AND GROSS AND I SEE TWO INVOICES IN MY INBOX ONE FROM CONTABO FOR MY DOMAIN RENEWAL AND ONE FROM OVHCLOUD FOR MY VPS AND THEY ARE BOTH DUE THE SAME WEEK IN MARCH AND I ALMOST SPIT OUT MY COFFEE BECAUSE THAT IS ALMOST $80 IN ONE WEEK AND I KNOW THAT IS NOT A LOT FOR SOME PEOPLE BUT I AM BETWEEN CONTRACTS RIGHT NOW AND MY CAT NEEDS HER DENTAL CLEANING AND THE SERVER WAS ACTUALLY DOWN LAST THURSDAY FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES AND I REMEMBER BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO UPLOAD PHOTOS OF MY NIECE'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AND IT WAS CHOCOLATE WITH SPRINKLES AND THE CAT KNOCKED OVER A PLANT WHEN THE ERROR PAGE CAME UP AND I THOUGHT WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAPPEN AT ONCE AND NOW I AM LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR AND I HAVE THREE MORE RENEWALS SCATTERED THROUGH THE YEAR AND I CANNOT REMEMBER WHICH MONTHS AND I KEEP THEM IN A SPREADSHEET ON MY LAPTOP BUT THE LAPTOP BATTERY IS DYING AND I LOST THE CHARGER AT MY SISTER'S HOUSE WHEN I WAS DOGSITTING HER GOLDEN RETRIEVER WHO ATE MY SOCKS ANYWAY I AM THINKING OF BUILDING SOMETHING TO TRACK ALL THIS BECAUSE THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND I AM STRESSED AND NOBODY READS THESE LONG POSTS ANYMORE BUT I NEEDED TO VENT

Bravomartha's invoice stream | pipe to /dev/null? No, pipe to calendar API instead | the real problem: stdout scattered across spreadsheets, dead laptops, dog-eaten socks | EOF

| build a renewal aggregator
| cron job polls provider APIs
| ical feed to any calendar
| redirect anxiety to automation

Jaja same thing happened to me last year with Vultr and Hetzner ok sale pague todo junto y no comí tacos esa semana but now I use a simple script en mi raspberry pi que me manda email 30 days before nada fancy pero funciona ok

$ renewcheck --providers Contabo OVHcloud KnownHost
Provider    | Item          | Due Date   | Days Left | Cost
------------|---------------|------------|-----------|------
Contabo   | domain.net    | 2026-03-14 | 26        | €12.99
OVHcloud   | vps-2gb       | 2026-03-18 | 30        | €64.00
KnownHost  | backup-box    | 2026-07-02 | 137       | $8.00

total upcoming (90d): $76.99

Decent idea, meh execution. Built a quick prototype. 47ms query time. Could add ical export.

Which vps plan is the $80 one

I had the same shock last month, two renewals same day