It would be nice if we can see a breakdown of P&L. I see the indie dev claims to have “over 7500+ businesses” as customers. But also a very generous free tier.
I see the post is getting eviscerated in the comment section. But if this person is spending mere cents in operating costs when compared to the profit earned each month or year (I think in business terms this is known as customer acquisition costs). Then I would say that is truly “frugal”
I think people want to nitpick certain things they have expertise on and say that you can save $XYZ if you know what you’re doing. Well, duh.
On the other hand, while OP’s stuff generally looks like some good decisions were made, there are a few items in there that just seem like criminally bad value for what you get and you wouldn’t spend near that much time and effort switching to something much cheaper. Vercel stuck out to me as one of these
Yeah but let's say your time is worth $60/hr. If you save only 40 minutes per month then you've broken even. Basically one lunch break. Some things are just a hassle to do, personally I would try to self host the Next app but I definitely see where the author is coming from purchasing Vercel.
I see the post is getting eviscerated in the comment section. But if this person is spending mere cents in operating costs when compared to the profit earned each month or year (I think in business terms this is known as customer acquisition costs). Then I would say that is truly “frugal”