I kept losing evenings to "which AI builder / database / payment thing should I use?" tabs, so I started a small weekly email for beginner vibe coders. Each pick says what it does, what's free, and where it falls short. Sorted by problem: build, fix, find users. Issue #1 goes out Thursday. Here's what's in it, so you don't have to subscribe to get the useful part: - Neon raised its free plan on Oct 2: 1 GB per project, 100 free projects, plus built-in user login (up to 60K monthly active users) and 5 GB of file storage per project. Catch: the free "undo" window is only 6 hours, so it's not your only backup. - Railway: `ssh railway.new` gives you a free cloud computer with coding agents preinstalled. No account, no card. Catch: 60 minutes to build, then 24 hours to claim it or it's deleted. - Bolt: you can pin comments on your app preview and send them as a prompt, so "make this button bigger" lands in the right place. Uses tokens like any prompt. - Buildful: a cloud coding agent that opens tested pull requests. Free = 3 tasks total; $10/mo for 1,000. - Lovable (Oct 14): growth tools (SEO, community post drafts, ad setup). You approve before anything spends money. - $0 starter stack: Figma free (design) → an AI builder's free tier (build) → Neon Free (database + login + files) → Paddle (no monthly fee, 5% + 50¢ per sale, so $0 until you sell). Honest note: these are researched from official announcements and pricing pages, not tested hands-on yet. I label which is which. If you want it weekly: https://vibebrief.dev Two questions I'd love answers to: Is "sorted by problem" more useful to you than a plain tool list? What's the one thing you're stuck on right now (deploying, login, payments, getting users)?   submitted by   /u/Delicious_Fun_3235 [link]   [comments]