Vibecarbon Blog

ShipFast vs Makerkit vs Supastarter vs Vibecarbon: What Comes After the Starter Kit?: The best SaaS boilerplates of 2026, compared honestly, and the question none of them answer: who runs your app on day thirty? A guide for builders deciding between a starter kit and something more.
Vibecarbon Is Fair Source: The vibecarbon CLI ships under FSL-1.1-MIT: free to use and build from source for anything that isn't a competing product, converting to MIT two years after each release. The code it generates for you is MIT from day one. Here's exactly what that means, stated straight.
Next.js vs React + Hono + Private Supabase: Picking a Stack AI Can't Wreck: Vibe-coded apps leaked 1.5M API keys this year, and most of it traces to one question: where do the secrets live? Why AI-assisted builders are choosing an explicit three-piece stack over the blended framework.
Coolify vs Dokploy vs Vibecarbon: Which Layer Do You Need?: Coolify and Dokploy give apps you've already built a home on your own server. Vibecarbon starts a step earlier: it builds the app too. A plain-language guide to picking the right layer.
Self-Hosting Supabase in Production: The 2026 Guide: Running your own Supabase means your data lives on your servers, under your rules. It also means seven jobs quietly become yours. Here's what they are, in plain terms, and what it feels like when they're handled.
Making a React SPA Visible to AI Crawlers Without Prerendering: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot don't execute JavaScript, so a SPA looks blank to them. How we made ours legible with build-time markdown mirrors and a request-time HTML splice, no SSR migration.
Authentication Guide: A complete guide to authentication features including OAuth, magic links, and MFA.
Getting Started: Learn how to set up your project and start building your SaaS application.