[blog · 5 posts]
Build logs, comparisons, AWS engineering.
What it took to ship Lander, why the cost model works, what the next move is.engineering2026-05-06
Why Lander runs every customer on Fargate Spot (and saves 70%)
How we got per-customer compute cost down to $2.70/month per task by leaning on AWS Fargate Spot pricing. Trade-offs, eviction handling, and when on-demand is worth it.read post →engineering2026-04-30
Day-one abuse defense: the limits I shipped before customer 5
Concrete checklist of every limit, rate cap, and circuit breaker I built into Lander to prevent a single user from racking up our AWS bill.read post →build log2026-04-29
How I shipped Lander's MVP in three weeks (build log)
What it took to go from `cdk init` to live customer deploys: the AWS architecture, the cost model that delivered 70% margins, and the Claude builder pivot that wasted a week.read post →comparison2026-04-29
The Vercel pricing trap nobody tells side-project devs about
Vercel's Hobby tier prohibits commercial use. Even one Stripe payment puts you in violation. Here's what the ToS actually says, and what to do about it.read post →engineering2026-04-29
How Lander's Claude builder turns a description into a live deploy
Architecture deep-dive: the two-pane builder, click-to-edit, parsing Claude's response into Dockerfile + files + CMD, and shipping to Fargate without a round-trip.read post →new post weekly · subscribe via RSS$ try lander → free plan