Elevator Pitch

• A lean stack—single VPS, Go binaries, local AI, and SQLite—can give you “infinite runway” without VC-style burn.

Key Takeaways

• Prefer a single cheap VPS over complex cloud infrastructure to keep costs, debugging, and operations simple.
• Use Go for efficient, easy deployments (one static binary) and run local LLM workloads on a GPU to avoid recurring API costs.
• Start with SQLite (enable WAL) for speed and concurrency, adding only what you need as you grow.

Most Memorable Quotes

• “The feedback was simply: ‘What do you even need funding for?’”
• “The smart way is to rent a single Virtual Private Server (VPS).”
• “By utilizing a single VPS, statically compiled binaries, local GPU hardware for batch AI tasks, and the raw speed of SQLite, you can bootstrap a highly scalable startup that costs less than the price of a few coffees a month.”