https://boringstack.org/issues/ One practical email each week on how to build web apps with Go + SQLite + Litestream + Caddy + a $5 VPS. en-us Sat, 30 May 2026 23:52:26 +0000 https://boringstack.org/issues/2026-05-30-the-cloud-bill-is-an-architecture-review.html https://boringstack.org/issues/2026-05-30-the-cloud-bill-is-an-architecture-review.html Sat, 30 May 2026 23:48:13 +0000 Every line of the actual $5.96/mo bill that runs the boring-stack production. What each line buys, what it would cost on a platform PaaS, and what it tells you about the architecture. The bill is the blast radius in dollars. https://boringstack.org/issues/2026-05-19-what-broke-in-launch-week.html https://boringstack.org/issues/2026-05-19-what-broke-in-launch-week.html Tue, 19 May 2026 22:04:28 +0000 From launch day until 48 hours ago, every newsletter signup on boringstack.org silently failed at the TLS edge. Lower bound: 49 attempts. Ceiling: unknowable. Here's the bug, the blast radius, the 3 PRs we shipped to fix it, and the 3 things we'd do differently. https://boringstack.org/issues/2026-05-12-sqlite-is-a-database.html https://boringstack.org/issues/2026-05-12-sqlite-is-a-database.html Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The full case for SQLite in production: what it actually does well, what WAL mode changes, what Litestream adds, what fails, when to switch to Postgres, and how to migrate when you do. https://boringstack.org/issues/2026-05-05-one-vps-one-binary-one-database.html https://boringstack.org/issues/2026-05-05-one-vps-one-binary-one-database.html Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The Boring Stack in one sitting — what each piece is, why it's there, and what it costs. The mental model you need before you read anything else here. https://boringstack.org/issues/2026-05-02-why-this-exists.html https://boringstack.org/issues/2026-05-02-why-this-exists.html Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Most projects do not need a complicated stack on day one. Boring Stack is the public default — philosophy, AI coding skill, templates, and weekly notes.