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99ersstudio
Uses/updated 2026-04-24

What we reach for.

Inspired by uses.tech. The specific tools, languages, services, and hardware that run the studio. Updated when the answer stops being true.

Languages

  • Dart
    All mobile apps. Pinned at 3.5+, Flutter 3.24+.
  • Kotlin
    Jetpack Compose apps and one KMP experiment.
  • TypeScript
    Next.js, the content pipeline sidecars, and internal CLIs.
  • Python 3.12
    FastAPI backends, the Studio Log pipeline, and ML experiments.

Frontend

  • Next.js 16
    Static export for 99ersstudio.com. App Router + MDX.
  • Tailwind v4
    CSS-variable-driven tokens. No typography plugin.
  • Geist Sans & Mono
    One font family for everything. No extra font loads.

Backend

  • FastAPI
    SEOMAX backend. 77 endpoints and counting.
  • PostgreSQL
    Historical SERP data, rank snapshots, audit logs.
  • SQLite
    On-device storage in the Mieter App and Poker Platform local mode.
  • Caddy
    TLS and reverse proxy on the VPS-hosted services.

Infrastructure

  • Cloudflare Pagesfree
    99ersstudio.com hosting. Auto-deploy on push to main.
  • Cloudflare DNS + Email Routingfree
    [email protected] forwards to the real inbox.
  • Hetzner VPSpaid
    SEOMAX and the pipeline sidecars. 5 USD per month tier.
  • GitHubfree
    Repos + Actions. Private org, one maintainer.

AI + generation

  • Claude Max ($200/mo)paid
    Claude Code for all day-to-day coding and content generation. No API billing.
  • Claude APIpaid
    Only for the GitHub Actions cron path when the CLI option is not available.
  • gpt-image-1paid
    Optional per-post header images. Currently replaced by procedural SVG to stay free.

Data & APIs

  • DataForSEOpaid
    SERP, backlink, and keyword clustering for SEOMAX. Pay-per-call (~45 USD/mo).
  • google-play-scraperfree
    Review mining for review_mining posts. Free library, no auth.
  • feedparserfree
    RSS ingestion for the news_rss source.

Hardware

  • Pixel 4a (Android)
    Primary test device. Every perf number we publish is measured here.
  • iPhone 13 mini
    iOS Flutter testing.
  • Windows 11 workstation
    Main dev machine. Windows because Flutter desktop and Dart DevTools work best here.

Publishing

  • Buttondownpaid
    Newsletter. Cheapest plan, manual-only sends.
  • Mastodon (mastodon.social)free
    Posts and quick notes. Crosspost via our own pipeline.
  • Plausiblepaid
    Self-hosted analytics — cookieless, aggregate only. Deferred until the subdomain is provisioned.
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