Blog
- Bolt.new custom domain setup: DNS, SSL, and the gotchas
31 July 2026
Point your own domain at a Bolt.new app the right way, with the DNS records, SSL fixes, and propagation traps that trip people up.
- What backend-as-a-service costs after free tier
28 July 2026
The free tier is generous until it isn't. Here's what a Postgres-based backend-as-a-service platform really costs, add-ons included.
- Why your free-tier project keeps pausing itself
24 July 2026
Backend-as-a-service platforms pause free-tier projects after inactivity. Here's why, how to unpause one, and how to stop it happening to a live app.
- Your AI app probably has no real backup
21 July 2026
AI builders make it easy to ship, easy to skip backups. Here's how to check whether your app is actually backed up, and how to fix it if it isn't.
- AI app builders in 2026: a hosting comparison matrix
14 July 2026
A single reference table across a dozen AI app builders: what database you get, what backups look like, and where each one stops.
- Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Base44: hosting compared
14 July 2026
A side-by-side look at what Lovable, Bolt, Replit, and Base44 actually give you for hosting, and where each one runs out for a growing app.
- A named engineer on call, not just an alert
14 July 2026
Automated monitoring tells you something broke. A named engineer on call is the difference between a 3 a.m. alert and someone actually fixing it.
- Free GDPR record-of-processing template
11 July 2026
A fill-in Record of Processing Activities template (Article 30 GDPR), sized for a solo founder running a Lovable, Bolt, or Cursor app.
- Migrating backend-as-a-service to Postgres
7 July 2026
The real decisions in a backend-as-a-service-to-Postgres move aren't the data dump. They're auth, RLS, and rollback.
- How to back up your Lovable app (and test it)
7 July 2026
Lovable Cloud gives you 14 days of daily backups. Here's how to set up your own tested backup with point-in-time recovery instead.
- Deploying a Claude Code project to a VPS
7 July 2026
An end-to-end guide to deploying your own vibe-coded app on a plain VPS: hardening, Docker, automatic HTTPS with Caddy, and zero-downtime deploys.
- Check for exposed API keys in 5 minutes
7 July 2026
A copy-pasteable, 5-minute self-check for whether your Lovable or backend-as-a-service app is leaking a privileged key to anyone who opens the page.
- GDPR-compliant hosting for AI-generated apps
7 July 2026
A practical GDPR checklist for the AI-built internal tools your team relies on: DPAs, data residency, and compliance questions to expect.
- Why we're building Stackbastion
7 July 2026
Vibe coding made building software easy. Almost nothing made running it in production easy. That's the gap this blog is about.
- The production checklist for Lovable apps
7 July 2026
A 15-point checklist for Lovable, Bolt, and Claude Code apps: real commands to check leaked keys, missing backups, open admin routes.
- When to leave Lovable hosting (and when to stay)
7 July 2026
Lovable Cloud now includes hosting and daily backups. Here's an honest look at when that's enough, and when it isn't.