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Connected your domain to Lovable or Vercel and it still won't load? The fix order

Your app works on its preview link, but your own domain shows nothing, the old site, or a scary security warning. It's almost always one of six DNS mistakes. Here's how to spot yours, from Lovable, Vercel, Netlify and Cloudflare's own docs.

Aliteq Team · 2h ago · 10 min

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Vercel vs Netlify vs Cloudflare: Where to Host Your Next.js App Before It Makes Money

Vercel's free plan bans ads and payments. Netlify pauses every site you own when credits run out. Cloudflare doesn't charge for bandwidth, but its budget alert won't stop a bill. Free tiers, commercial rules, overage prices and spend guards, from each vendor's own pages.

Aliteq Team · 2h ago · 11 min

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Free until people show up: what a live app actually costs

Hosting is renting the always-on computer your app runs on — mostly free until real users arrive, then metered where it counts, and AI calls are the surprise line. Try the calculator.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 4 min

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Before you hit deploy: what that button actually promises the world

On your laptop the app is invisible; deploy moves it to an always-on address anyone can reach, and each step raises the stakes. Tap through the timeline.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 4 min

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Where your tap lands: the always-on computer that answers — and can see your secrets

A server receives requests and sends answers. What it can see that the browser can't, why your keys belong on it, and what "serverless" actually means. Tap to watch one respond.

Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 4 min