Developer Resources

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Hosting & Deployment

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Railway WE USE

Deploy in seconds

Our go-to for deploying Django, FastAPI, and Node apps. Dead simple Git deploys, automatic HTTPS, and generous free tier.

Python Node.js PostgreSQL Free Tier

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DigitalOcean

Cloud infrastructure

Great for when you need more control. Droplets, managed databases, and App Platform for container deployments.

VPS Kubernetes Managed DB

$200 free credit

Cloudflare

CDN & Security

Free CDN, DDoS protection, and DNS. Their R2 storage is an S3 alternative with zero egress fees.

CDN DNS R2 Storage Free Tier

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Payment Processing

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Square WE USE

Payments made simple

After trying Stripe and others, we landed on Square. Clean API, great documentation, and excellent for both online and in-person sales.

E-commerce POS Invoicing

Start accepting payments

Stripe

Developer-first payments

The developer favorite. Excellent for SaaS subscriptions, marketplaces, and complex payment flows.

Subscriptions Connect Global

Explore Stripe

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Domains & Email

Namecheap WE USE

Domains & hosting

Affordable domains with free WhoisGuard. Their PrivateEmail service is reliable and works great with Django/FastAPI.

Domains Email Hosting SSL

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Media & Images

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Cloudinary WE USE

Image & video API

Handles all our product images. Automatic optimization, transformations, and a solid Django integration.

Image CDN Transformations Free Tier

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Databases

Neon

Serverless Postgres

Serverless PostgreSQL with branching. Great for development and scales to production. Generous free tier.

PostgreSQL Serverless Branching

Try Neon free

Supabase

Open source Firebase

PostgreSQL + Auth + Storage + Realtime. Great for rapid prototyping when you want a backend-as-a-service.

PostgreSQL Auth Realtime

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Development Tools

Claude WE USE

AI assistant

Our AI coding partner. Powers Code Forge's code generation and helps debug the trickiest problems.

AI Code Review Debugging

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GitHub

Code hosting

Where all our code lives. Git hosting, Actions for CI/CD, and seamless Railway integration.