Third-Party Services & Docs
A lookup table, not a guide — when you or your AI need to check how something actually works instead of guessing, this is where to point it.
Hosting & infrastructure
Section titled “Hosting & infrastructure”| Service | Used for | Docs |
|---|---|---|
| Aiven | Postgres (and Redis, if that gets added later) | aiven.io/docs |
| Render | Deployment — see Deploying to Render | render.com/docs |
| GitHub Codespaces | Dev environment | docs.github.com/codespaces |
| Service | Used for | Docs |
|---|---|---|
| Zoho ZeptoMail | Transactional email (default) | zoho.com/zeptomail/help |
| Resend | Alternative SMTP provider | resend.com/docs |
AI coding tools
Section titled “AI coding tools”| Tool | Used for | Docs |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | AI CLI | docs.claude.com/claude-code |
| Codex CLI | AI CLI | github.com/openai/codex |
| GitHub Spec Kit | Spec-driven workflow — see Spec-Driven Development | github.com/github/spec-kit |
| Serena | Code navigation MCP — see Code Navigation with Serena | github.com/oraios/serena |
Backend libraries
Section titled “Backend libraries”| Library | Used for | Docs |
|---|---|---|
| FastAPI | Web framework | fastapi.tiangolo.com |
| SQLModel | ORM | sqlmodel.tiangolo.com |
| Alembic | Migrations | alembic.sqlalchemy.org |
| Pydantic | Validation & settings | docs.pydantic.dev |
| pytest | Testing | docs.pytest.org |
Frontend libraries
Section titled “Frontend libraries”| Library | Used for | Docs |
|---|---|---|
| React | UI framework | react.dev |
| Vite | Build tool | vite.dev |
| TanStack Query | Data fetching | tanstack.com/query |
| TanStack Router | Routing | tanstack.com/router |
| Tailwind CSS | Styling | tailwindcss.com/docs |
| shadcn/ui | Components | ui.shadcn.com |
| Playwright | End-to-end testing | playwright.dev |
| Biome | Lint & format | biomejs.dev |