SECRET STASH
Turn your Zeros into Ones.
Building with money is easy. 0 to 1 should not be expensive.
This is the ultimate stack to launch your MVP without spending a dime.
Fly.io
“Clean. Minimal. Fast.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +3 shared-cpu VMs (256MB RAM each)
- +160GB bandwidth/month
- +Deploy from CLI in 30 seconds
PERFECT FOR
APIs, backends, cron jobs
Vercel
“Git push = deploy. That's it.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Unlimited deployments
- +100GB bandwidth/month
- +Auto HTTPS, CDN, custom domains
PERFECT FOR
Next.js, React, static sites
Railway
“$5 credit every month. No strings.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +$5 free credit/month
- +Deploy Docker, Node, Python
- +Built-in Redis, Postgres, MySQL
PERFECT FOR
Full-stack apps with DB
Supabase
“Two free projects. No credit card.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +500MB database per project
- +50,000 monthly active users
- +1GB file storage
- + 3 more...
PERFECT FOR
Full-stack apps needing DB + Auth
Resend
“The email service that doesn't suck.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +3,000 emails/month
- +Custom domain (verify via DNS)
- +React email templates
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Transactional emails
Brevo
“300 emails per DAY. Not month.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +300 emails/day (9,000/month)
- +Marketing + transactional
- +SMS (20 free credits)
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Newsletters, marketing
Lemon Squeezy
“Payments for creators. Marketing built-in.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +No monthly fees (5% + payment fees)
- +Built-in affiliate system
- +Email marketing tools
- + 2 more...
PERFECT FOR
Digital products, courses, creators, beginners
Paddle
“SaaS billing. Enterprise-grade.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Merchant of record (they handle tax)
- +Global payment methods
- +Subscription management
- + 2 more...
PERFECT FOR
Scaling SaaS, B2B products, established businesses
Google Search Console
“Know what Google sees. Completely free.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Search performance data
- +Indexing status
- +Mobile usability reports
- + 2 more...
PERFECT FOR
SEO, organic traffic insights
PostHog
“Product analytics. 1M events/month free.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Event tracking
- +Session replay
- +Feature flags
- + 2 more...
PERFECT FOR
Understanding user behavior, product analytics
Cloudflare
“Free CDN, SSL, DDoS protection. Everything.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Unlimited bandwidth CDN
- +Free SSL certificates
- +DDoS protection
- + 2 more...
PERFECT FOR
Making your site fast globally, free SSL
Cloudflare R2
“Store files. No egress fees. Ever.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +10GB storage free
- +No egress fees (unlike AWS S3)
- +S3-compatible API
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
User uploads, images, files, videos
Google Gemini
“Free AI API with generous limits.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +15 requests/minute
- +1,500 requests/day
- +Gemini Flash + Pro models
- + 2 more...
PERFECT FOR
Text analysis, chatbots, content generation
Ollama
“Self-hosted AI. Completely free.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Run LLMs locally (Llama, Mistral, etc.)
- +No API costs
- +Full privacy (data never leaves)
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Privacy-focused apps, unlimited usage
NotebookLM
“AI research assistant. Completely free.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Upload docs, PDFs, URLs
- +AI summarization
- +Generate podcasts from content
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Research, content creation
Windsurf
“The first agentic IDE.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Deep Context awareness
- +AI Flows
- +Multi-file edits
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
ChatGPT Pro or Claude Pro users
GitHub Copilot
“The world's most widely adopted AI developer tool.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +AI code suggestions
- +Multi-line completions
- +Works in VS Code, JetBrains
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Professional developers, teams
Google Antigravity
“Experience liftoff with the next-generation IDE.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Agent-first IDE
- +Cross-surface synchronization
- +Browser-in-the-loop agents
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Professional, Frontend, and Fullstack development
Google Gemini (Image)
“Create images with Gemini Nano Banana.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Generates photorealistic images
- +Text-to-image
- +Multiple styles
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Visual content, mockups
Perplexity
“Search engine replacement. Cited answers.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Real-time web search
- +Cited sources
- +Follow-up questions
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Research, fact-checking
Claude
“The best AI for thinking and writing.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Large context window
- +Nuanced writing
- +Artifacts UI
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Brainstorming, long-form writing
Leonardo AI
“150 free credits daily. Unlimited images.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +150 tokens/day (resets daily)
- +Multiple AI models
- +Image upscaling
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Product mockups, marketing
SlidesGo
“Free Google Slides & PowerPoint templates.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Thousands of free templates
- +Google Slides & PowerPoint
- +Easy to edit
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Presentations, pitch decks, education
Remotion
“Code your videos. Open source.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Programmatic video creation
- +React-based
- +Export MP4
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Automated videos, demos
Notion
“Free personal workspace. Unlimited pages.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Unlimited pages & blocks
- +All block types (DB, Kanban, etc.)
- +5MB file uploads
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Docs, roadmaps, wikis
GitHub
“Free repos. Free CI/CD.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Unlimited private repos
- +2,000 CI/CD minutes/month
- +GitHub Pages hosting
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Code hosting, automation
Coderabbit
“AI code reviews on every PR.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Automated PR reviews
- +Security vulnerability detection
- +Code quality suggestions
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Open source projects, code quality
Playwright
“Browser automation. Open source.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +Test automation for web apps
- +Cross-browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
- +Record & replay tests
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
E2E testing, web scraping
Namecheap
“Probably your only cost if you want a custom domain.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +.com domains
- +Free WHOIS privacy
- +DNS management
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
Most reliable, established registrar
Spaceship
“Slightly cheaper. Cleaner interface.”
WHAT YOU GET
- +.com domains
- +Free WHOIS privacy
- +Modern, clean UI
- + 1 more...
PERFECT FOR
If you want a cleaner UI
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