VPS recipes are sets of scripts that automate server deployment. If you don’t want to spend an hour manually writing configs in the terminal, you simply choose the needed scenario. The system will install the software itself, pull in dependencies and set the basic configuration. You get a machine ready to work literally in a few clicks.
Moving to a VPS is often perceived as buying more powerful “hardware”, while forgetting that together with the resources comes full control over the operating system. On shared hosting, the provider is responsible for security and stability; here you remain alone with the terminal. Mistakes at the beginning usually don’t “fire” instantly, but they become a delayed-action mine that will go off at the moment of peak load or during the first serious hacking attempt.