The Squiid blog
Notes for people building apps with Claude Code, Cursor, v0, Lovable and Replit, and running into the sign-ups, keys and bills nobody mentions in the demo.
How Squiid prices: pass-through, one fee, no markup
Sep 18, 2026 · 6 min readSquiid pricing explained: credits at par, subscriptions passed through at list price, and a visible platform and top-up fee instead of a hidden margin.
OpenRouter is for models. What covers everything else?
Sep 15, 2026 · 5 min readAn honest look at what OpenRouter does well, what it deliberately does not cover, and what is left over when your app needs more than a model.
What changes when a Lovable or v0 prototype becomes a real app?
Sep 10, 2026 · 5 min readLeaving the sandbox means owning the code, the secrets, the database, the domain and five new bills. Here is the migration checklist, in order.
What is the best starter stack for a Cursor project?
Sep 5, 2026 · 5 min readAn opinionated Cursor setup: the services, the rules files, what to put in .cursorignore, how to keep the codebase index useful and when to use agent mode.
What is the best starter stack for a Claude Code project?
Sep 1, 2026 · 5 min readAn opinionated starter stack for Claude Code: the services, the .env, the CLAUDE.md worth writing, the permissions to deny and the setup order that works.
How do I rotate a leaked API key in five minutes?
Aug 26, 2026 · 5 min readA step by step key rotation procedure, the order to do it in, everywhere the old key is hiding, and how to stop needing the procedure at all.
Prepaid credits or a card on file: which protects you?
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readPrepaid credits and postpaid cards fail in opposite directions. What each model really protects, where each one hurts, and which to pick for agent workloads.
My agent ran all night and spent $400: how do I cap spend?
Aug 17, 2026 · 5 min readHow agent loops turn into four figure bills overnight, what hard caps and alerts really do, and the code and billing settings that stop it happening twice.
What do Supabase, Vercel, Resend, Twilio and Cloudflare cost?
Aug 12, 2026 · 6 min readList prices for the five services most vibe-coded apps use, at the time of writing, plus three realistic monthly totals for a weekend project and a live app.
How do I automate receipts and invoices for dev subscriptions?
Aug 7, 2026 · 5 min readA working receipts workflow for developer subscriptions: one billing identity, forwarding rules, the vendors that never email you, and what bookkeepers need.
How do I stop pasting API keys into Cursor and Claude Code?
Aug 3, 2026 · 6 min readWhere API keys leak when you build with coding agents, the four rules that stop it, and how to set up Claude Code and Cursor so a key never reaches the model.
Why does one small app mean logging into six dashboards?
Jul 28, 2026 · 5 min readOne app, six vendor dashboards, six logins and no single place to see what is wrong. Why it happens, what it costs you and how to make it manageable.
Why do I get a separate bill for every service I add?
Jul 21, 2026 · 6 min readEvery service an AI-coded app touches bills you separately. Here is where the money goes, the five costs the demos hide, and how to get it back under control.
What services do I need for my first vibe-coded app?
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min readThe realistic service list for a first AI-coded app: hosting, a database, auth, email and a domain, plus the services worth refusing this week.
One bill instead of nine.
Every service in these posts runs through one Squiid key, on one invoice, with credits that pause instead of overdrawing.