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SaaS Stack: The Tech That Runs My Business
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items The exact software and infrastructure stack I use to deploy scrapers, host databases, process payments, and run automated AI bots. No sponsor fluff — just raw, battle-tested services that keep the lights on for Calicut Labs.
Droplet Pricing
My primary hosting engine. Reliable, fast SSD servers, clean control panel, and solid network pipes. Deploys scrapers, databases, and APIs in 60 seconds flat.
Droplet Pricing
The gold standard for subscription payment processing. Setup takes 15 minutes, API is a developer's dream, and checkout pages are optimized for conversion. Zero friction, maximum security.
Subscriptions | Stripe Documentation
Protects all my domains from DDoS attacks, caches static assets, and speeds up DNS resolution. Page rules and workers are incredibly powerful. A non-negotiable layer for any web project.
DNS security | Learning Center - Cloudflare
The absolute king of inbox deliverability. If you need confirmation emails, magic login links, or alerts to hit the inbox instantly, use Postmark.
Postmark: Fast, Reliable Email Delivery Service | SMTP | API
Alerts you the absolute second a user hits a crash or API error in production, with full stack traces. Know a bug exists before your users do.
getsentry/sentry: Developer-first error tracking and ...
Deploy Next.js, React, or static sites with a single git push. Automated preview URLs, instant global CDN routing, and serverless functions built-in.
To or not to host on Vercel? : r/nextjs
Modern transactional email API for developers. Beautiful React email templates (React Email), clean logs, and extremely fast setup.
Send email using Resend
The fastest, cleanest issue tracker on the planet. Key-command driven, instantly syncs with GitHub, and actually makes project management satisfying.
Linear – The system for product development
My default database for structured relational data. Rock-solid ACID compliance, handles millions of rows without breaking a sweat.
PostgreSQL
Privacy-focused, lightweight alternative to Google Analytics. Script is under 1KB so it doesn't slow down your site, and dashboard is dead simple.
Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics ...
Fully managed Postgres or Redis. Automated daily backups, standby nodes, and scale-up with one click. Worth the premium over self-hosting.
Worry-Free Managed Database Hosting | DigitalOcean
Package your app, scrapers, and cron jobs into containers that run identically on your local machine and your VPS droplet. Eliminates ‘works on my machine’ bugs.
Docker: the Linux container engine
AI autocomplete in VS Code that writes boilerplate, unit tests, and minor functions in seconds. Replaced 50% of StackOverflow grinding.
GitHub Copilot
Open-source Firebase alternative built on Postgres. Real-time subscriptions, instant REST APIs, auth, and storage in one neat box.
Supabase | The Postgres Development Platform.
Securely connect your local WSL machine, your VPS droplet, and your phone in a private mesh network without opening ports to the public internet.
Understanding mesh network topology (mesh VPNs)