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Netlify

Another way to put a site on the internet automatically every time you save your code.

1. Learn it

  • Same job as Vercel: connect a repository, and every push builds and goes live.
  • Strong at static sites and forms — it can collect form submissions without you writing a backend.
  • Preview links per branch, so you can show work before it's live.
  • Deployment hosts are genuinely swappable. Picking one is not a life decision.

Cost: Free tier.

2. Practice it

Simulated — nothing real happens

Say what a deploy actually does

Write the four steps between you pressing save and a stranger seeing the change.

3. Connect it

Real — your own account
  1. 1Sign in to netlify.com with your GitHub account.
  2. 2Pick the repository and accept the suggested build settings.
  3. 3Watch the build log — read it when it fails, don't just retry.
Open Netlify ↗

MessyDev never signs you up, spends your money, or touches your accounts. You do that part.

4. Use it

Marketing sites, docs, and anything mostly static.

Build something with itLearn the concept behind it

Honest alternatives

There is no single correct stack. Any of these would be a reasonable choice instead.

  • Vercel
  • Cloudflare Pages
  • GitHub Pages

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