Frontend
Pages, interface, static assets, and fast request handlers close to users.
- Good homes
- Cloudflare Pages · Vercel · Netlify
- Keep out
- Secrets · long jobs · state
From generated code to a real product Your AI app works.
Your AI app works.
Where should it live?
Do not move the whole prototype into one mystery box. Split it into a fast frontend, a backend for secrets and slow work, and persistent data.
Map my app →Built with AIYour working demo
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A demo is not an architectureSecrets, long jobs, data, domains, and limits still need a home.
The production map
Three layers. Three jobs.
Most generated apps become easier to host once the code is separated by what it actually does.
API→
Backend
Authentication, model calls, webhooks, queues, cron, agents, and slow work.
- Good homes
- Railway · Render · Fly.io · VPS
- Needs
- Logs · retries · secrets · uptime
SQL→
Data
Users, app state, files, embeddings, queues, and the information that must survive deploys.
- Good homes
- Managed Postgres · object storage
- Needs
- Backups · migrations · access control
Pick by maturity
How far should you move?
Migration is not a badge of seriousness. Keep the builder when it works; export only when a concrete limit justifies the operational load.
Stay in the builder
Use the included hosting and database for validation.
Best while:the limits are not hurting youExport the frontend
Own the domain and web deployment; keep managed services.
Best when:you need portability or custom CIOwn the full stack
Operate web, workers, state, monitoring, and recovery.
Best when:the product can pay for operationsBefore launch
What usually breaks first?
Generated code can look complete while the production behavior remains untested.
01⌁Secrets in the browserAPI keys and privileged calls belong behind a server boundary.
02◴Long jobs time outMove generation, scraping, and workflows into a durable worker.
03↻No retry pathModel and webhook failures need idempotency and recovery.
04▧Data disappearsEphemeral filesystems are not databases or backups.
05◉No useful logsCapture request IDs, job state, failures, and provider latency.
06$Spend has no ceilingAdd rate limits, quotas, budgets, and abuse controls.
Deep research
Deployment research library
Detailed platform limits, comparisons, migration instructions, and backend patterns live here when you need the evidence behind the map.
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