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How to Deploy Side Projects for Free

HireAI Career TeamPublished: Mar 18, 20266 min read

The Modern Zero-Cost Stack

- Frontend: Vercel or Cloudflare Pages (unlimited static builds & edge caching) - Backend Services: Render or Fly.io (generous free container runtimes) - Relational Database: Neon (serverless PostgreSQL with branchable databases) or Supabase - Key-Value Cache: Upstash Redis (free serverless tier) - Storage & CDN: Cloudflare R2 (zero egress fees)

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Does buying a custom $10 domain name help my portfolio?

Yes! Pointing a custom domain (e.g., `yourapp.com` or `yourname.dev`) shows professional polish and brand ownership compared to raw `.onrender.com` URLs.