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2026-10-21

18 changes
toolwhatwasnowwhy
site layer none database layer live: 8 tools, managed Postgres always on, size = GB of data (1, 10, 50, 200) Daniel asked for the database layer; see PRD section 38
fly-postgres tool none added to database: Basic $38 plus $0.28 per GB-month ($40.80 at 10 GB) new database layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
railway-postgres tool none added to database: usage-billed, Hobby $5 minimum (up to 5 GB) and Pro $20 minimum, estimated at $11.01 plus $0.15552 per GB-month new database layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
digitalocean-postgres tool none added to database: Standard single node 1 GiB $15.15, 2 GiB $30.45, 4 GiB $60.90 with minimum disk included and $0.215 per extra GiB new database layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
render-postgres tool none added to database: 1 GB instance $19 with 1 GB included and $0.30 per extra GB ($21.70 at 10 GB) new database layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
heroku-postgres tool none added to database: Essential $5 to $20, Standard-0 $50, Standard-2 $200, Premium-0 $200; $50 at 10 GB with pooling as a must-have new database layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
planetscale tool none added to database: PS-10 single node $10 and high availability $30 with 10 GB included; sizes above 10 GB not priced (no storage rate on the page) new database layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
neon tool none added to database: Launch usage-based, $0.106 per CU-hour and $0.35 per GB-month, $19.08 for 0.25 CU (1 GB) all month ($22.58 at 10 GB) new database layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
supabase tool none added to database: Pro $25 with 8 GB of disk and a compute credit covering a 1 GB instance, $0.125 per extra GB ($25.25 at 10 GB) new database layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
site layer none hosting and deploy layer live: 8 tools, size = developers on a team (1, 3, 5, 10), one small app with 100 GB of bandwidth Daniel chose team size as the unit; see PRD section 37
fly-io tool none added to hosting: $3.69 Machine + $0.02 per GB, $5.69 for 100 GB, no platform fee new hosting layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
digitalocean-app-platform tool none added to hosting: $5 container with 50 GiB of transfer, $5.86 for 100 GB, unlimited team members new hosting layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
railway tool none added to hosting: usage-billed, Hobby $5 minimum (one developer, $11 for this load) and Pro $20 minimum with unlimited seats new hosting layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
render tool none added to hosting: Hobby $0 + $7 service + bandwidth for one developer ($21.25), Pro $25 + $7 + bandwidth ($43.25 at any team size) new hosting layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
cloudflare tool none added to hosting: Workers Free $0 and Workers Paid $5, no bandwidth charges, unlimited users new hosting layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
heroku tool none added to hosting: Basic dyno $7 and Standard-1X dyno $25, no charge per team member new hosting layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
netlify tool none added to hosting: Pro $20 (3,000 credits) with unlimited members, $20 at any team size; Free and Personal credits are too small for the load new hosting layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)
vercel tool none added to hosting: Pro $20 with one developer seat, $20 for each extra seat ($60 at 3 developers); Hobby is non-commercial and not priced new hosting layer; prices read from the vendor's own pages and docs in a browser (USD, list prices)

2026-10-20

47 changes
toolwhatwasnowwhy
site seo none SEO pass: variants canonicalised, structured data, descriptions, category content, sitemap lastmod, headers audit with the Bevizio SEO skills; see docs/seo-log.md
dodo-payments tool none added to payments: 4% + 40c plus 0.5% on subscriptions, $341 at 200 customers new payments layer; rates read from the vendor's own pages in a browser (US price list, USD)
creem tool none added to payments: 3.9% + 40c, $306.20 at 200 customers new payments layer; rates read from the vendor's own pages in a browser (US price list, USD)
polar tool none added to payments: Starter 5% + 50c, Pro $20 + 3.8% + 40c, Growth $100 + 3.6% + 35c, Scale $400 + 3.4% + 30c new payments layer; rates read from the vendor's own pages in a browser (US price list, USD)
gumroad tool none added to payments: 10% + 50c, $680 at 200 customers new payments layer; rates read from the vendor's own pages in a browser (US price list, USD)
lemon-squeezy tool none added to payments: 5% + 50c plus 0.5% on subscriptions, $419 at 200 customers new payments layer; rates read from the vendor's own pages in a browser (US price list, USD)
paddle tool none added to payments: 5% + 50c, $390 at 200 customers new payments layer; rates read from the vendor's own pages in a browser (US price list, USD)
stripe tool none added to payments: Payments $268.80 at 200 customers (3.6% + 30c incl. Billing); with Managed Payments $471.80 new payments layer; rates read from the vendor's own pages in a browser (US price list, USD)
skapi tool none added to authentication: Free $0 (50 accounts), Standard $19 (50,000), Premium $89 (100,000) suggested by a visitor; public pricing in the vendor docs; counts accounts, not monthly users
substack paidFees 10% + Stripe 2.9% + $0.30 + 0.7% billing, custom domain $50 unchanged support article re-read by hand in a normal browser (Cloudflare blocks the collector): all figures match
kit plans.Pro.note none limited-time first-year offer noted ($50 a month; list price unchanged) kit.com blocked the automated collector (Vercel checkpoint), so the page was re-read by hand in a normal browser: Free up to 10,000, Creator $33 and Pro $66 per month at 1,000 subscribers billed yearly, all matching the data
site pre-launch collector run none 31 of 33 tools read, 0 differences full collector pass before launch; substack blocked by a Cloudflare check (by design) and kit by a Vercel security checkpoint, both left unbypassed and read by hand
glitchtip capabilities.integrations unknown partial (Free) read the integrations page of the GlitchTip docs: GitLab and Grafana documented, chat alerts and issue trackers not stated
firebase-auth capabilities.custom-domain unknown yes (Spark) confirmed from Firebase docs on using a custom authDomain (redirect best practices)
site layer:errors none sentry, datadog, glitchtip, honeybadger, bugsnag fifth launch layer added; prices read from vendor pages and calculators; collectors for all five tested with zero diffs and planted errors
site layer:analytics none plausible, fathom, google-analytics, datafast, pirsch, umami, posthog fourth launch layer added with Google Analytics 4 as the free option and its limits documented from Google's help pages; collectors for all seven tested with zero diffs and planted errors
site layer:tx-email none sendgrid, mailgun, resend, postmark, amazon-ses, mailersend third launch layer added; prices read from vendor pages (sliders driven in a real browser), features from page tables and docs; collectors for all six tested with zero diffs and planted errors
site layer:auth none auth0, clerk, supabase-auth, firebase-auth, workos, kinde second launch layer added: prices and features read from vendor pages and docs; collectors written for all six, each tested with zero diffs and planted errors
site collectors none all nine newsletter tools collectors written for kit, mailerlite, mailchimp, ghost, emailoctopus, mailcheap, buttondown, substack; each tested with zero diffs and planted errors; substack blocked by bot check by design
ghost plans notes none none documented that earlier hand readings were taken mid-animation
ghost * none none monthly re-check by collector (2026-10-20); checkedOn updated on 15 covered facts
ghost plans.Business.tiers[100000].priceAnnual 398 399 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Business.tiers[100000].priceMonthly 478 479 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Business.tiers[75000].priceMonthly 438 439 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Business.tiers[50000].priceAnnual 332 333 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Business.tiers[50000].priceMonthly 397 399 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Business.tiers[25000].priceAnnual 265 266 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Business.tiers[25000].priceMonthly 318 319 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Publisher.tiers[100000].priceAnnual 273 274 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Publisher.tiers[100000].priceMonthly 328 329 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Publisher.tiers[75000].priceMonthly 288 289 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Publisher.tiers[50000].priceAnnual 207 208 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Publisher.tiers[50000].priceMonthly 247 249 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Publisher.tiers[25000].priceAnnual 140 141 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Publisher.tiers[25000].priceMonthly 168 169 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
ghost plans.Publisher.tiers[1000].priceMonthly 39 35 collector run 2026-10-20 read a different price; confirmed against the vendor page
beehiiv collector none collectors/beehiiv.mjs first collector built and verified (zero diffs against hand-entered data; three planted errors caught)
site method none recorded for every fact backfilled how each fact was obtained, inferred from its source URL and note
substack * none none initial data entry during the newsletter pilot (prices and features read from vendor pages)
mailerlite * none none initial data entry during the newsletter pilot (prices and features read from vendor pages)
mailchimp * none none initial data entry during the newsletter pilot (prices and features read from vendor pages)
mailcheap * none none initial data entry during the newsletter pilot (prices and features read from vendor pages)
kit * none none initial data entry during the newsletter pilot (prices and features read from vendor pages)
ghost * none none initial data entry during the newsletter pilot (prices and features read from vendor pages)
emailoctopus * none none initial data entry during the newsletter pilot (prices and features read from vendor pages)
buttondown * none none initial data entry during the newsletter pilot (prices and features read from vendor pages)
beehiiv * none none initial data entry during the newsletter pilot (prices and features read from vendor pages)