Railway
First met in aicp-c3-basecamp-02 · Backend, hosting & code
RailwayFirst met in aicp-c3-basecamp-02 · Backend, hosting & code
Container-friendly app hosting — the agency's alternative to Vercel for things that need a real process running.
The app isn't a static front end — it needs a persistent server, a worker, or a self-hosted service.
Runs long-lived processes, not just serverless front ends
Named alongside Vercel as where the trainer's agency puts client MVPs
Hosts applications and services from a repo or container
Supports the always-on workloads a static host can't
Doesn't beat Vercel on simplicity for a plain front end
Self-hosted services — the natural home for a self-hosted n8n or Firecrawl instance.
Backend, hosting & code
Nothing needs to be always-on.
Relevant only if a future automation must survive the laptop being closed — the exact limitation BC4 raised about Cowork's scheduled tasks.
current
vercel: front-end simplicity vs process flexibility
n8n: a place to self-host it that isn't your laptop
| Session | Coverage | Moment | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Hours VI: Paul's SEO/AEO/GEO Question - Moving a Lovable Site into GitHub and Claude Code, the GEO Skill, llms.txt, and CLIs as the Glue | demonstrated | CLI install; ships agent skills | |
| Office Hours II: When to Pay for Vercel, Scraping Public Data for Paul's Gold-Pressure App, Audits as a Sales Hook, and Why Distribution Beats Building | mentioned | Alternative host | |
| Session 27: Lead Magnets as Proof Artifacts — the Mega-Prompt Build, Four Live Magnets, and the Skill That Packages the Workflow | mentioned | VPS alternative named by a learner | |
| AI Sprint: OpenClaw — Session 1 (Infrastructure, Not Agent: the Seven Documents, 1-Click VPS, and Model Routing) | mentioned | Community OpenClaw template — an alternative rail, noted not endorsed |