Behind the scenes

Tech stack

Plain-English list of what Digipreneur Overflow is built with — including the third-party services that power hosting, login, payments, and ads.

• Next.js

  The framework the website is built with — pages, layout, and how the app runs.

• Vercel

  Where the site is hosted and published on the internet (like the “shop floor” for the live site).

• GitHub

  Where the project’s code is stored and versioned so we can change it safely and deploy updates.

• Namecheap

  Where the domain name digipreneuroverflow.co.uk is registered and pointed at the live site.

• Firebase Auth

  Sign up, log in, and account delete — “who are you?” for the private areas.

• Cloud Firestore

  A small cloud notebook for things like the email waitlist and light account data — not for heavy day-to-day tool drafts.

• RevenueCat

  Manages Free vs Paid (Overflow Pro): who has subscribed and what they unlock (e.g. ad-free).

• Stripe

  Takes the actual card payment when someone upgrades. RevenueCat talks to Stripe; you don’t build a custom checkout from scratch.

• Google AdSense

  Shows ads on public pages and the free plan. Hidden for paid members.

• Google AI Studio / Gemini

  AI power for future tools. Plan is that you (or each user) bring your own API key so AI usage isn’t billed through Overflow by default.

• Google Fonts (Poppins + Lato)

  The typefaces used on the site — free fonts loaded from Google.

• Browser storage (local)

  Tool drafts and progress stay on the user’s device first, to keep cloud costs low and the app snappy.

Deeper engineering notes also live in STACK.md in the repo.