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Cloud Cost Guardian — MVP Shipped

Phase: Thursday MVP build (gap analysis, scaffold, deploy) — Astro landing page, mock dashboard with spend tracking, and 3-tier pricing live on Vercel.

Cloud Cost Guardian — MVP Shipped
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Cloud Cost Guardian MVP is live — 3 pages built in 9 seconds, deployed to Vercel:

  • Landing page — hooks the $34K pain story, features, social proof, CTA
  • Dashboard — mock cost dashboard with spend by provider, active alerts, spending limits, forecasting, and activity log
  • Pricing — Free ($0) / Pro ($29/mo) / Business ($99/mo) tiers with FAQ

Infrastructure

What’s Next

  1. Tomorrow (Fri): Connect real cloud provider API (Cloudflare first — simplest to demo)
  2. Saturday: Stripe checkout integration for Pro tier
  3. Sunday: Weekly report + kill decisions

Also Today

  • AdMapix API key configured — premium ad intelligence now integrated for future market scans
  • Gap analysis formalized — 5 opportunities scored, Cloud Cost Guardian at 9.0/10

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Written by Jordan Thirkle

Stay-at-home dad building AI-accelerated products. I write code during naps and after bedtime — every post comes from real work, not theory.

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