pov: you built a startup in a cave with a box of scraps

pov: you built a startup in a cave with a box of scraps @tobi.the.og 1. the tech stack supabase convex better-auth Supabase / Convex your data and backend. scales with you, not against you. free Next.js + TypeScript + Tailwind the frontend stack. fast, typed, looks good out of the box. free Better-Auth add auth in an afternoon. works with every provider. free your entire foundation. free (at least to start) typescript nextjs tailwind @tobi.the.og 2. the deployment Render zero-config, reliable - basically industry standard $7/mo Railway also zero config, best UX - but can be less reliable $5/mo Hetzner VPS total control, but least abstraction $5/mo Domain do you even SaaS if you don't have one? $1-14/yr @tobi.the.og 3. the money Stripe payment processing. you handle tax + compliance. 2.9% + $0.30 Polar merchant of record. they handle tax + compliance for you. 4.0% + $0.40 you only pay when you get paid. stripe polar.sh @tobi.the.og 4. the AI Free Cursor your IDE, but it writes the code too. free Antigravity another IDE, but Google's AI this time. Better at design[?] free Claude Code / Codex x5 your code output. but let's be honest - you'll end up getting the max plan at some point. $20/mo Perplexity fly through the internet with no distractions free you now have a "team". except they don't sleep or ask for equity. just make sure you touch grass - it gets lonely. antigravity codex claude code cursor perplexity @tobi.the.og 5. the signals Resend transactional + marketing emails. your users always hear from you. free PostHog analytics, heatmaps, a/b testing + error tracking. you know what's breaking before your users do. free Sentry when something breaks - and it will. Sentry will tell you where and how free see and talk to everyone using your product. in a non-creepy way of course :) sentry resend posthog @tobi.the.og 6. the distribution Canva make it look like you have a design team. free Sovian go viral with a curated network of micro-creators and infinite formats to copy from. $50/mo TikTok / Instagram your first 1000 users live here (probably). not on github. free Reddit find the exact community that needs your product. free X (Twitter) tech heads and builders live here. more pay-to-win these days though free this is the only thing between you and your first user. but that's a topic for another post. tiktok instagram canva reddit x sovian @tobi.the.og 7. the total to build ~$26/mo to distribute $50/mo total ~$76/mo @tobi.the.og you probably won't see this page again. follow @tobi.the.og