Use modern deployment platforms with free tiers to ship fast with zero infrastructure costs
Leverage platforms like Vercel, Supabase, and similar services that offer generous free tiers and instant deployment. These tools eliminate infrastructure complexity and upfront costs, letting you ship products in days instead of weeks while keeping costs near zero until you have revenue.
When to use
When building web apps or SaaS products as a solo founder or small team, especially with limited coding experience or budget. Modern platforms abstract away DevOps and enable focus on product.
Don't do this
Setting up complex self-hosted infrastructure or paying for expensive cloud services before validating product-market fit, burning time and money on infrastructure instead of customer development.
1 Founder Who Did This
Used Next.js, React, Vercel for deployment, and Supabase for database with minimal coding experience (learned from YouTube), shipping MVP in one month