The Cloud is Dead.
DEV_OPSAWS_BILL: $0FREEDOM: 100%
The "Serverless" Lie
They told us "Serverless" was cheaper. They lied.
Serverless is only cheap until you get users. Then it scales... straight into your bank account.
The new meta isn't Cloud. It's Commercial Open Source (COSS). Tools that are free to inspect, free to self-host, but offer a paid "managed" version if you're lazy.
Build Your Stack
I challenged myself to replicate a $2,000/month Enterprise Stack for $0.
[SIMULATION] :: YOUR_SAAS_STACK_BUILDER
AVAILABLE_TOOLS
Supabase
Vercel
Clerk
Resend
PostHog
CURRENT_BILL
$0/mo
SYS_READYID: Z869ZI
The Leaders of the Rebellion
Who are these giants?
- Supabase: The "Open Source Firebase." It's just Postgres wrapped in a trenchcoat. And it's beautiful.
- PostHog: Google Analytics, but it doesn't sell your data and it actually works.
- Coolify: Heroku for your own server. One click deployments.
[GAME] :: TECH_DEATHMATCH_SIMULATOR
AWS (The Empire)
1
VS
Indie Stack (The Rebels)
3
Pay-per-breath
Pricing
Flat Rate / Free
Total
Vendor Lock-in
None (Docker)
PhD Required
Complexity
Weekend Project
Infinite
Scalability
Vertical Scaling
VERDICT: Indie Stack (The Rebels)
SYS_READYID: RO3JM6
[GAME] :: VIBE_CHECK
Q: 1/1SCORE: 0
Is this verified?
SYS_READYID: 5DJNXI
[GAME] :: VIBE_CHECK
Q: 1/1SCORE: 0
Is this verified?
SYS_READYID: CWVN9R
[GAME] :: CONTEXT_COLLAPSE_PREVENTION
MEMORY_INTEGRITY_CHECK
Match the data pairs before your context window collapses.
SYS_READYID: 7ZOT6E
Conclusion
Stop building on rented land.
If you build on AWS, you built Bezos a business. If you build on Open Source, you built yourself a business.
The tools are ready. Are you?