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Teardowns
Every one of these was installed, run end to end and timed by us before it went up. The setup times are the ones we actually got - not the ones the docs promise.
01 / THE SHELF
Twelve is small and we would rather say so than pad it. Two of us install and time everything here, which caps how fast the shelf can grow and is the entire reason a listing on it means something.
It gets longer when people publish. That door is open.
Blast radius: everything on the shelf right now is reversible - you can undo it. When that stops being true, this becomes a filter.
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A self-hosted backend-as-a-service. Database, auth, storage, and functions without Firebase's vendor lock-in.
Read the teardown →Self-hosted scheduling that doesn't charge per seat. The Calendly replacement where your booking data stays yours.
Read the teardown →Live chat, email, WhatsApp, and Instagram DMs in one inbox. The Intercom alternative that doesn't charge per conversation.
Read the teardown →A publishing platform that respects your words and your wallet. Newsletter, blog, and membership site in one. No Substack tax.
Read the teardown →Send newsletters and drip campaigns from your own server. No subscriber tax, no per-email pricing.
Read the teardown →Your own S3-compatible storage. Upload, store, and serve files without per-GB pricing or vendor lock-in.
Read the teardown →Build automations visually, host them yourself. The Zapier replacement where you don't pay per task.
Read the teardown →Privacy-first web analytics you host yourself. No cookies, no consent banners, no 47-dashboard clutter.
Read the teardown →Schedule and publish to every social platform from one self-hosted dashboard. The Buffer replacement that doesn't cost $120/year.
Read the teardown →A CRM that looks like a 2025 product, not a 2008 enterprise tool. Open source, self-hosted, no per-seat pricing.
Read the teardown →Simple, fast, privacy-focused web analytics. A lighter alternative to Plausible with more chart types.
Read the teardown →A self-hosted password manager. The Bitwarden server, rewritten in Rust, running on a $5 VPS.
Read the teardown →Nothing on the shelf matches that combination yet. Publishing one is how that changes.
