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Get your project live
A practical route from a working prototype to hosting, measurement, email and a first audience.
A prototype becomes a public product when someone else can open it, understand it and complete its main task. That usually takes a few decisions beyond the build: where it runs, which domain people use, how you notice a failure and how someone contacts you. Choose the smallest setup that supports what the product actually does.
The guides here work through those decisions without assuming you want to become an infrastructure specialist. Use the checklist as a route through hosting, analytics, email and mobile testing, then keep a short maintenance routine. The projects below are useful references for public links and presentation; their inclusion does not imply that we know or recommend their private infrastructure.
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The Digital Garden
By Maggie AppletonA collection of visual essays, notes, and patterns that grows over time.
Nutshell
By Nicky CaseA tiny tool for expandable explanations. Follow an idea without losing your place.
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All guidesAnalytics for your first real users
Measure the useful action in your project with a small event plan, verified GA4 or PostHog receipts, and a clear funnel. Keep private information out of tracking.
Read the guideBuild a creator portfolio around your work
Create a useful home for your projects with clear descriptions, original links, meaningful tags and specific sharing metadata. Show what you made and how people can try it.
Read the guideEmail for your first product: sending, replies and updates
Set up product email with a verified sender, a real reply path, useful transactional messages and optional updates. Test delivery and unsubscribe behavior before launch.
Read the guideStart building with AI: make one useful thing
Choose a small first project, write a useful brief, and turn an AI-generated preview into something another person can actually use, test, and share.
Read the guideWhere to host your first project
Compare Sites, Replit, Vercel, GitHub Pages, Netlify, Cloudflare and Render by what your project needs, then publish a link you can maintain and update.
Read the guideKeep your project online after launch
Create a small maintenance routine for a creator project: owned accounts, verified updates, backups, spending checks and a clear response when something stops working.
Read the guideMake an AI-assisted sizzle video for your project
Use Opus 5.5 to plan a short launch video, Remotion or an editor to assemble it, and optional Higgsfield shots to add atmosphere without inventing product behavior.
Read the guideMake your project usable on a phone
Test the real task on a narrow screen with touch, readable text and a working keyboard. Handle desktop-only experiences honestly with a useful save-for-later route.
Read the guideThe minimum stack for your first launch
Choose the smallest set of services your project needs: hosting, a contact route and useful analytics. Add accounts, data, email and payments when the work needs them.
Read the guideRecord a product demo people can follow
Plan and record a clear product demo with a real working flow, a short script, readable screen capture and a useful next step. Add polish after the proof is clear.
Read the guideReplit, Codex or Claude for your first project?
Choose a building workflow by the project, your comfort with files, and how you will publish and maintain it. Compare Replit, Codex, Claude and Sites fairly.
Read the guideGet your product live in ten steps
A practical ten-step launch checklist for creators: finish the useful path, publish it, verify email and analytics, and give your first visitors a working link.
Read the guideWhere to share something you built
Find the right audience for a game, tool, product, video or visual explanation. Compare creator directories and launch communities, then prepare a useful submission.
Read the guideUseful references
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Explore more work, ideas and people across the directory.