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GuideAI DevelopmentSeptember 7, 2026

Put Your Site on the Real Internet for Free

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A field guide to the localhost-to-live path: push your project to GitHub with four Git commands, connect the repo to Vercel or Netlify, and get continuous deployment, free SSL and a global CDN without renting a server.

What's inside
  • Why a project that only runs on localhost may as well not exist
  • The four Git commands that take a folder to a cloud repository
  • Connecting a GitHub repo to Vercel or Netlify for a real URL
  • Continuous deployment: every future push rebuilds the live site
  • Free SSL and a global CDN, with no server to manage

Localhost Is Where Projects Go to Die

You built the thing. It runs beautifully at localhost:3000 — where exactly one person on Earth can see it. Deployment gets treated as the scary infrastructure part, so the project sits on your desktop until you forget why you started it.

There's no server to rent, no FTP, no cloud bill. Two steps and every future save ships a live, global website for nothing.


Hack 1 — Git and GitHub

Four commands take a folder on your laptop and turn it into a version-controlled repository in the cloud: git init, git add ., git commit -m "ship it", git push. That's the whole on-ramp. GitHub is where your code actually lives instead of decaying on your desktop — and it's the source every host reads from, so this step has to come first.


Hack 2 — Connect Vercel or Netlify

Link that GitHub repo to Vercel or Netlify and it becomes a live, public site automatically: a real URL, free SSL, a global CDN, server routing, and no machine to manage.

The part that changes how you work is what happens next. It's continuous deployment — every future git push rebuilds and redeploys the live site on its own. You stop thinking about shipping as an event and start treating it as a side effect of saving your work.


What's in the Guide

The full localhost-to-live path: the four Git commands with what each one does, how to connect a repo to either host, what you get for $0, and where a custom domain fits once you're live. Direct links to every tool.

The full field guide is in the PDF.


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