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Chinilla tech stack

Design systems, simulate them and watch where they break

chinilla.com ↗Checked Sep 2026

The stack

“Auth, Postgres, and row level security in one place. Chinilla needed user accounts, project storage, Stripe subscription gating, and per-row access control. Supabase gave me all of that with a real Postgres database underneath, not some proprietary query langu…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗

“Astro's island architecture let me ship a heavy React canvas app with near-zero JS on static pages. SSR + client:only on the interactive components meant fast loads without sacrificing the real-time simulation features. Easiest framework I've used for mixing s…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗

On its website: DNS: resend._domainkey.chinilla.com TXT (record present); DNS: send.chinilla.com MX feedback-smtp.us-east-1.amazonses.com source · Oct 2026 ↗

“Best cost-to-quality ratio for structured JSON generation. Chinilla needs every AI response in strict JSON (components, connections, behaviors) and Grok handles that reliably at a fraction of the cost per token. When you're burning hundreds of AI calls per use…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗

“Zero-config deploys from a Dockerfile. Pushed my Rust API and Astro SSR app, Render handled TLS, scaling, and health checks out of the box. No YAML pipelines, no infra babysitting. For a solo dev shipping fast, it's the lowest friction between git push and pro…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗

On its website: DNS: www.chinilla.com CNAME chinilla.onrender.com; HTTP: chinilla.com responds with x-render-origin-server source · Oct 2026 ↗

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