How to go from an idea to a full-stack hosted website

For the past couple weeks I've been on my #indiehacking coding grind

All the tools out there to go from just vibecoding to actually launching can be quite overwhelming when just starting out

Here is the full techstack I use to turn an idea for a website/application into a fully hosted website ready for the public!

Coding - @VS Code + @Claude by Anthropic extension

Cost: Claude code subscription ~$20/m

Code hosting - @GitHub , code from vscode is pushed to the repository

Cost: Free

Domain hosting - @Namecheap.com, this is where the domain is registered, you can also use it as DNS provider but I prefer Cloudflare for that

Cost: ~$10/year

Cloud provider - @Railway , full-stack cloud provider to host frontend & backend

Cost: Free plan

DNS provider & reverse proxy - @Cloudflare , here the dns records are setup & website is protected by cloudflare, I also use it to setup email redirects

Cost: Free plan

Payment providers - @Stripe for accepting regular fiat payments & (optional) @MoonPay for accepting crypto payments

Cost: Free (% of each payment)

As you can see alot of tools are available for free or atleast offer free plans. Launching your project onto the internet doesn't have to be expensive at all!