Guides

Short explainers on the ideas behind the builds: who handles tax, what keeps your data private, and how to read a price.

Basics 1

What the tools and words actually mean, before you build.

Basics

What the heck is GitHub?

Git, repos, commits, branches and pull requests in plain English, and why your AI builder and your host both ask you to connect it.

4 min read · checked 20 Oct 2026

Costs 2

Reading prices, free plans and what changes as you grow.

Costs

Free plans that pause, sleep or ban commercial use

The small print on free tiers that catches people out on launch day.

2 min read · checked 20 Oct 2026

Costs

How to read a pricing page

Seats, users, usage, minimums and currencies: the six things that turn a headline price into a real monthly bill.

2 min read · checked 20 Oct 2026

Payments 1

Taking money, tax and who the seller is.

Payments

Merchant of record, explained

Who is legally selling when someone buys from your app, and why that decides who deals with VAT.

2 min read · checked 20 Oct 2026

Security 2

Keeping your data and keys safe before you launch.

Security

Keeping API keys out of your app

Where secret keys belong, how they leak, and three settings that help catch mistakes.

2 min read · checked 20 Oct 2026

Security

Row-level security, and why your app needs it

The setting that decides whether anyone with your app's public key can read every row in your database.

2 min read · checked 20 Oct 2026