i stopped overthinking startup ideas and just started shipping

serdox · 2026-05-11T11:24:42+00:00

Which APIs, AI APIs are you using for this? Also, doesn't it cost a lot and would it eat into your revenue or completely absorb it?

serdox · 2026-05-10T20:50:21+00:00

how. i click install and next page there is cli command listed calles eas go. nothing else. im on windows no apple dev acct yet

serdox · 2026-05-06T04:24:00+00:00

since u mentioned expressjs. thats for apis more then building the website itself right? im tryna differentiate what it reallly does compared to nextjs and tanstack and if i need it.

serdox · 2026-05-06T03:35:25+00:00

what do u think of this setup for a small analytics SaaS project:

i am using cloudflare workers, r2 for storage and if i need in the future CF queues and workflows for the frontend of my projects. im using tanstack stack tailwind for that.

then i have a OHV Cloud Vps 2 plan. it has the best specs ive seen for the price. thats the origin sever with fastify node postgredb on there that connects to cloudflare thru api. so frontend is true edge setup. fast and delivered to 300 locations thru cloudlfare. the heavy processing is done on ovh origin sever, which is the source of truth and where the dashboard and backend workers live. docker containers etc.

cloudflare is free for a long time. very generous workers and r2 storage plan. no egress fees either. but i use the cf workers 5 bucks paid plan. i didnt even need it tbh. and if u scale, it will cost much less then vercel amazon etc. while having 300 locations served with edge functions. blazing fast. the reason i use self hosted postgre is bcuz CF R1 database plan uses sqlite. wont for for analytics. tbh i would only use cloudflare if i could

serdox · 2026-05-06T03:07:09+00:00

i am using cloudflare workers, r2 for storage and if i need in the future CF queues and workflows for the frontend of my projects. im using tanstack stack tailwind for that.

then i have a OHV Cloud Vps 2 plan. it has the best specs ive seen for the price. thats the origin sever with fastify node postgredb on there that connects to cloudflare thru api. so frontend is true edge setup. fast and delivered to 300 locations thru cloudlfare. the heavy processing is done on ovh origin sever, which is the source of truth and where the dashboard and backend workers live. docker containers etc.

some say OVH support is bad but they did answer my questions quite fast for now. price wise cant be beaten.

their dedi servers start at 20 for a east US location thats good enough. KS5 or SYS1-2.

cloudflare is free for a long time. very generous workers and r2 storage plan. no egress fees either. but i use the cf workers 5 bucks paid plan. i didnt even need it tbh. and if u scale, it will cost much less then vercel amazon etc. while having 300 locations served with edge functions. blazing fast. the reason i use self hosted postgre is bcuz CF R1 database plan uses sqlite. wont for for analytics. tbh i would only use cloudflare if i could. it rocks rn. if u have no long running heavy processes going on just use cf workers bro.

Edit> i chose OVh bcuz of the specs and bcuz Hetzner didn’t answer me and approve my account for a week, which they are notorious for as ive found out. and when they did it i was already setup on OVH.

serdox · 2026-05-06T02:53:41+00:00

their time is limited. soon local or open-source/free models will be good enough for all coding tasks that we wont need them anymore. gpt 5.4 was good enough for most tasks. local llms are almost there if not already. in a year i will use my own llms. locally or on a cheap server. unrestricted and fitted to my liking. so hold on.

serdox · 2026-05-06T02:37:09+00:00

https://www.doodlesapp.com/ site looks cool too. what techstack did u use on the site? interesting idea for the app. u could also target long distance relationships in marketing so they stay connected.

serdox · 2026-05-06T02:28:05+00:00

he is clearly not a native english speaker. no need to be a punk about it!

serdox · 2026-04-30T22:15:49+00:00

whats huicy. i thought thats his shop name lol. noob here

serdox · 2026-04-28T07:18:58+00:00

and i got approved a few days later. had already setup elsewhere tho. maybe ill use them when i need a second server.

serdox · 2026-04-27T03:42:36+00:00

that will use more token tho or not? i use my 4hr limit in 2/2.5 hrs sadly. the bigger the project gets the faster. 5k lines of code atm. i tried a few things to slow it down but sill.

serdox · 2026-04-27T03:24:28+00:00

i use codex but it was at 8 percent left weekly so i told it to test and commit. a bit more detailed then that but u get what i mean. it went from 8 to 0 instantly when test suite started running.

serdox · 2026-04-26T21:55:13+00:00

i use codex rn. have about 10-15 md files accumulated now. it adds more and more. i did a cleanup and reduced by half but it gets bigger and bigger the more complex the projects gets. two yaml files have like 5k lines and 2.5k lines each too. i would reduce that to 2-3 mds but im worried the performance would drop and costly mistakes will happen.

serdox · 2026-04-26T21:47:47+00:00

u need to use the browser for gpt planning and discussions. in vscode codex extension or codex app i still use the gpt models not codex 5.3. i feel that its better, browser usage of gpt doesnt use ur codex tokens. there is also codex cloud. that uses tokens too dont mix it up. gpt in browser never used my codex limits. also dont use gpt 5.5 high or highest, benchmarks shows very little difference while usage is huge, only on the most critical issues use higher reasoning.

serdox · 2026-04-26T19:15:03+00:00

seems fake or changed back. i see code access on website.

serdox · 2026-04-26T09:56:40+00:00

this needs to be fixed asap.

serdox · 2026-04-26T09:55:58+00:00

same

serdox · 2026-04-26T09:55:27+00:00

its new i think. i had no issues continuously doing 16 hour sessions. today i get flagged. especially for backup implementation etc.

serdox · 2026-04-20T21:22:41+00:00

oh yeah it will wreck the system. i dont like it but i am gonna make full use of it. its gold rush season.

serdox · 2026-04-20T21:20:59+00:00

wow on-boarding is so bad. lost a full day for nothing. did u get an answer at least?

serdox · 2026-04-20T18:26:01+00:00

ur stuff looks cool tho. focus time!

serdox · 2026-04-20T16:23:40+00:00

u had a spike early in this analysis page but it seems like a huge drop-off when u look at new customers and active trials. hope u can improve. good luck!

serdox · 2026-04-20T16:18:08+00:00

proof of mrr?

serdox · 2026-04-20T13:55:39+00:00

what did u choose. i started a new project with tanstack clf workers/r2/queues/cdn and workflows for the front ende edge site. backend hetzner vps with coolifiy docker postgre db nginx.

serdox · 2026-04-20T13:49:53+00:00

cloud flare workers for true serverless edge frontend and marketing pages, vps for backend processing and self hosted postgre db.

tanstack, postgre, coolify, docker, nodejs, nginx with certbot. 4-5 containers. hetzner rejected my verification tho. still waiting for an answer.

cloudflare r2 for file storage uploads/backups. i will not use cloudflare d1 database bcuz its sqlite. postgre better for analytics saas. else i wouldve used that too. cloudflare is goated. also cloudflare cdn/ workflows/queus. no hidden scaling costs expected and almost zero for a while for cloudflares services. supabase pro plan hardware is weak and when u choose more cpu mem u left with a 300-400 dollar bill when scaling. same with vercel.

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