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Site Deployer
Scaffold to live URL in one shot. I timed it — 2 minutes 47 seconds including the typing.
The 3-Minute Vercel Deploy
This is the exact workflow behind lobsterforge.app:
mkdir -p my-site/public
cat > my-site/public/index.html << 'EOF'
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Your Site</title>
<meta name="description" content="One sentence for Google">
<meta property="og:title" content="Your Site">
<meta property="og:description" content="What shows when someone shares your link">
<link rel="icon" href="data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 100 100'><text y='.9em' font-size='90'>🚀</text></svg>">
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
</head>
<body class="bg-gray-950 text-white min-h-screen">
<main class="max-w-4xl mx-auto px-6 py-24 text-center">
<h1 class="text-5xl font-black mb-6">Your headline.</h1>
<p class="text-xl text-gray-400 mb-10">Value prop in one sentence.</p>
<a href="#" class="bg-blue-600 hover:bg-blue-500 font-bold px-8 py-4 rounded-xl text-lg">CTA →</a>
</main>
</body>
</html>
EOF
cat > my-site/vercel.json << 'EOF'
{ "buildCommand": "", "outputDirectory": "public", "cleanUrls": true }
EOF
cd my-site && vercel deploy --prod --yes
The 5 Gotchas (ranked by time wasted)
1. Missing og:tags → ugly link previews on Slack/Twitter/iMessage. Add og:title, og:description, og:image (1200×630px) to every page.
2. No mobile viewport tag → site renders at desktop width on phones. <meta name="viewport" ...> is non-negotiable. I spent 20 minutes debugging "broken mobile" before finding this missing.
3. cleanUrls → Without "cleanUrls": true in vercel.json, URLs show .html. Netlify does this by default; Vercel doesn't.
4. No favicon → blank browser tab screams "unfinished site." The emoji favicon trick: zero files, works everywhere.
5. API keys in client code → Run grep -rn "sk_\|api_key\|secret" public/ before every deploy. I've seen Stripe keys in public HTML.
Pre-Deploy Checklist
echo "=== DEPLOY CHECKLIST ==="
grep -l "<title>Document</title>\|<title></title>" public/*.html 2>/dev/null \
&& echo "❌ Default title" || echo "✅ Titles set"
grep -rL 'name="description"' public/*.html 2>/dev/null \
&& echo "❌ No meta description" || echo "✅ Descriptions present"
grep -rL 'name="viewport"' public/*.html 2>/dev/null \
&& echo "❌ No viewport" || echo "✅ Viewport tags"
grep -rn "sk_\|api_key\|SECRET\|password" public/ --include="*.html" --include="*.js" 2>/dev/null \
&& echo "❌ POSSIBLE SECRET LEAK" || echo "✅ No secrets"
Custom Domains
| Platform | A Record | CNAME (www) |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | 76.76.21.21 | cname.vercel-dns.com |
| Netlify | 75.2.60.5 | your-site.netlify.app |
| GitHub Pages | 185.199.108.153 (+ 109/110/111) | username.github.io |
SSL is automatic on all three. If it's not working after an hour, your DNS is caching. dig yourdomain.com to debug.
When NOT to Use This
- User accounts / auth / databases → Next.js, Remix, Rails
- Non-technical editors → WordPress, Astro + Sanity
- E-commerce with cart → Shopify
- Real-time features → you need a backend
- 50+ pages → use a static site generator (Hugo, Eleventy)
This deploys static HTML. That covers 80% of sites people actually need.