The Cheapo Website Template

This is the demo deploy of the Cheapo Website Template. It doesn't do much, but you can log in or register to test the user account feature.

PostgreSQL is a scam!!!

Don't let Big Tech sell you an 18 wheeler when all you need is a bicycle. Your side project doesn't need a $15/mo Postgres instance. Those 2,000 Medium articles about how to deploy your bootcamp app with a Professional Database are trying to bleed you dry now that Heroku hates freedom. Keep that storage free, comrade—SQLite is the People's Database!

Features

1. Deploys with just a little downtime, as a treat. Give servers the naps they deserve.
2. Potentially zero dollars to host unless you get popular in which case more like two dollars.
3. Maybe scalable? If not, it's probably your fault!
4. 100% unproven but pretty likely to work OK.

Technology???

1. SQLite in production 😈
2. Render ($7/mo) or Fly.io (basically free)
3. Python, Flask, and boilerplate for stuff everybody wants but Flask is too hipster to include by default (Flask-SQLAlchemy, Flask-Login, Flask-Migrate)