The $0 to $50/Month Tech Stack to Launch Your First SaaS

Most people never ship their SaaS idea. Not because the idea is bad. Not because they lack skills. Because they spend three weeks researching the "perfect" stack, get overwhelmed by AWS pricing pages, and quietly close the tab. This article is not that. This is the exact stack I would use today if I were starting from zero, a developer with an idea and an empty wallet, trying to get something in front of real users as fast as possible. Every tool listed here either has a free tier or costs a f...