Chinilla tech stack
Design systems, simulate them and watch where they break
The stack
“Auth, Postgres, and row level security in one place. Chinilla needed user accounts, project storage, Stripe subscription gating, and per-row access control. Supabase gave me all of that with a real Postgres database underneath, not some proprietary query langu…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗
“Astro's island architecture let me ship a heavy React canvas app with near-zero JS on static pages. SSR + client:only on the interactive components meant fast loads without sacrificing the real-time simulation features. Easiest framework I've used for mixing s…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗
“Best cost-to-quality ratio for structured JSON generation. Chinilla needs every AI response in strict JSON (components, connections, behaviors) and Grok handles that reliably at a fraction of the cost per token. When you're burning hundreds of AI calls per use…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗
“Zero-config deploys from a Dockerfile. Pushed my Rust API and Astro SSR app, Render handled TLS, scaling, and health checks out of the box. No YAML pipelines, no infra babysitting. For a solo dev shipping fast, it's the lowest friction between git push and pro…” — the maker, Sep 2026 ↗
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