A curated directory of infrastructure resources for solo devs and indie hackers shipping side projects. The picks reflect what I actually use, with honest takes about when each is the right (or wrong) choice.
Where to actually run your side project. Boring stack-friendly providers that don't try to upsell you into a Kubernetes cluster.
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Sending password resets, receipts, magic links. Avoid SES if you don't want to fight a deliverability battle.
4 entries →
Charging money. Stripe is the obvious choice but Lemon Squeezy + Paddle handle EU VAT for you, which is worth a lot if you're a solo founder.
4 entries →
When something breaks at 3 AM, you want to find out before your users do. PagerDuty is overkill for solo devs.
4 entries →
SQLite is enough for almost any side project. The other entries are here for when you've outgrown it (most never do).
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Knowing if anyone is using your thing. Privacy-friendly options have caught up with Google Analytics on every metric that matters for solo devs.
5 entries →
Where to host the marketing site, the docs site, the SPA. Static-site CDNs are essentially free at solo-dev scale.
5 entries →
When the paid tier launches, the 3 people on the waitlist get a one-time email + a free upgrade. No spam. Single email.