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The Post-Build Cliff

Tools & references

AI build tools

  • Claude Code — Terminal-native, full file-system access. Best for real builds once you’re past the prototype stage.
  • Claude Design — Fastest way to a working prototype with a real UI.
  • Cursor / Windsurf — IDE-based AI. Good middle ground if you want to see what the AI is doing.
  • Replit / Bolt / Lovable — Great for the first hour. Token costs and platform lock-in become real fast.

Hosting & deploys

  • Cloudflare Pages — Free static hosting that’s fast and forgiving.
  • Vercel / Netlify — Excellent DX, generous free tier, easy to outgrow into expensive.
  • Railway / Fly.io — When you need a backend or a database.

Version control

  • GitHub — Default. Use private repos until you mean to go public.
  • gitignore.io — Generates a starter .gitignore for your stack.

Backups

  • Cloudflare R2 / AWS S3 / Backblaze B2 — Cheap object storage to mirror anything important.
  • Supabase / Neon — Have point-in-time recovery built in if you use them as your DB.

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