Deploy to production

I want to deploy my project. Give me steps I can follow literally.

Project:
- Type: {{e.g. Next.js full-stack / static site / Python API}}
- Code lives at: {{e.g. GitHub repo}}
- Server or database: {{yes / no}}
- Budget: {{free tier preferred, or paid is fine}}
- My experience: {{e.g. I write code but have never configured a server}}

Please:
1. Recommend 1-2 suitable platforms and say why. Do not list ten for me to choose from.
2. Give the full path from zero to a live URL - where to click and what to fill in.
3. List required environment variables or secrets and how to set them on the platform.
4. How to verify after deploy: which URL, which logs.
5. The classic first-deploy traps: build failures, missing env vars, wrong paths.

Rules:
- Pitch it at my experience level. Do not assume I know nginx, Docker or CI.
- If a step may be stale because the platform UI changed, tell me to trust the official docs.

Replace the {{}} parts with your own content

Why it works

1. Stating budget and experience stops AI from handing you a plan that needs an ops engineer
2. One or two recommendations instead of ten lowers the choice cost - platforms are similar enough that finishing one matters more
3. Listing env vars separately targets the top deploy failure: works locally, missing in production
4. Flagging possibly-stale UI steps saves you hunting for buttons that no longer exist

What it looks like

Deploying a Next.js site, AI suggests Vercel or self-hosting, walks repo connect, env vars, build, domain, and notes config differences like output: standalone.

Where it bites

• !Not saying whether there is a server, so you get a static host that cannot run your API
• !Missing env vars: fine locally, blank page in production, with no obvious cause

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