Ship a production-ready app in 2026.
Without hiring a consultant.

The complete free guide for founders, builders, vibe coders, and small engineering teams shipping to real users: how to audit your stack, model your AI bill across Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok, and work through a stack-tailored go-live checklist.

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Who this is for

If any of these describes you, Cafiyn Pulse was built for you.

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Solo founders

You are the CEO, engineer, ops person, and marketer. You cannot afford a $50k audit and you cannot afford to skip one.

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Vibe coders

You shipped in a weekend with Lovable, Bolt, Replit, or v0. Now it needs to survive real users.

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Small engineering teams

2 to 10 people shipping to real users, no dedicated security or SRE hire yet. You want a checklist, not a lecture.

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AI builders

You are shipping an AI product and every provider price feels arbitrary. Model the real bill before it lands.

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Freelancers and agencies

You hand off client sites weekly. Your reputation is on the checklist you follow before the invoice.

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Mobile app makers

React Native, Flutter, Expo. App-store rejections cost you a week. Catch them before you upload.

What Cafiyn Pulse actually does

Three tools, one login, 10 seconds to sign up, free forever.

Stack Grader

Security and reliability audit. 10 categories, tiered scenarios, prioritized fix plan.

Cost Comparator

AI provider pricing across 40+ models. Live math on your own usage numbers.

Launch Checklist

Stack-tailored go-live checklist. Every item explains why, what, how.

Stack Grader: the categories that matter

Ten categories where small teams most often lose points in production.

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Authentication
Hosted providers, MFA, SSO
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Secrets
Env vars, secret manager, rotation
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Backups
Automated, tested, PITR
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Rate limiting
Per-IP, per-user, circuit breakers
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Payments
Webhook signatures, idempotency
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Monitoring
Sentry + real-time alerts
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HTTPS + HSTS
TLS 1.3, preload, CSP
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Input validation
Server-side schemas
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Access control
Row-level, tested with 2nd account
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Dependencies
Dependabot, Renovate, SBOMs

Cost Comparator: the model roster

40+ models across five categories, verified against public pricing every week.

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Image models
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Video models
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Providers
Providers included
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Launch Checklist: the stacks we support

The checklist tailors items to your stack.

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Lovable
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Bolt.new
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Replit Agent
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v0 (Vercel)
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React Native
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Flutter
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WordPress
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Shopify
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Webflow
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Custom / Other

Why not a scanner or a spreadsheet

Guided self-assessments and live calculators beat noisy scanners and stale spreadsheets.

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Actionable next step for every finding
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Grounded in what actually breaks for small teams
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Opinionated 20% that causes 80% of incidents
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Shareable grade card and exportable projections
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Goes stale within a week of a provider release
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Frequently asked questions

Everything else people ask, answered honestly.

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