A low-drag launch stack for shipping side projects

Tools that let you test a landing page in a weekend without hiring anyone.

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When the goal is validating an idea, fancy stacks slow you down. This lean toolkit gets you to “is anyone interested?” fast.

Checklist

  • Astro or Next static export for speed and cheap hosting.
  • Plausible for privacy-first analytics with events you can add via data-attrs.
  • Resend + React Email for transactional emails without fiddling with DNS beyond SPF/DKIM.
  • Tally or Typeform for forms; pipe the responses into a Notion database for quick triage.
  • Cloudflare Pages for deploy previews on every PR so copywriters can comment without Git.
npm create astro@latest my-idea
npm run dev
npm run build && npx wrangler pages deploy dist

Ship the first version with minimal styling, add real screenshots, then iterate only on messages that data proves are working.

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