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The stack
“Polar let me treat payments as a feature instead of a second business. As Merchant of Record, it handles checkout and international sales-tax compliance, which meant far less operational overhead for a solo builder. Stripe offers more flexibility, but Polar go…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗
“OpenAI fit the way I wanted to build: collaboratively and directly inside the codebase. Codex could understand the project, make changes across files, run checks, and iterate with me and not just generate isolated snippets. Claude and Gemini are both excellent…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗
“Vercel was the path of least resistance for a Next.js project. I could go from idea to production quickly, with preview deployments, custom domains, analytics, and performance monitoring already integrated. As a solo builder, I wanted to spend my limited tim…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗
“Vercel was the path of least resistance for a Next.js project. I could go from idea to production quickly, with preview deployments, custom domains, analytics, and performance monitoring already integrated. As a solo builder, I wanted to spend my limited time…” — the maker, Aug 2026 ↗