Every Apexkit shipment, in plain English.

Launch-polish drop — sign-in, OG images, sitemap, AI Slide Deck

• Clerk-backed /sign-in and /sign-up routes (with no-key fallback)
• Global /not-found and /error boundaries — no more raw Next.js error pages
• /api/health endpoint with DB ping + config introspection for ACA probes
• Auto-generated sitemap.xml + robots.txt — every tool, comparison, legal page
• Dynamic Open Graph images for every tool and competitor comparison
• Welcome + subscription-confirmed emails via Resend
• AI Slide Deck Generator — 11th Hero tool · PPTX output

AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle — 3 more Hero tools

• AI Headshot preview via Replicate GFPGAN (multi-photo LoRA training comes in V2)
• Photo Restoration with optional grayscale colorize (also Pro+ in V2)
• Auto-Subtitle Generator → SRT + WebVTT via OpenAI Whisper

Stripe checkout + Stripe portal + Clerk + Stripe webhooks + /app dashboard

• /api/billing/checkout — create a hosted Checkout Session for any tier × cycle
• /api/billing/portal — one-click handoff to Stripe Billing Portal
• /api/webhooks/clerk — svix-verified user sync to DB
• /api/webhooks/stripe — HMAC-verified subscription sync, defensive against API-version changes
• /api/billing/redeem-ltd — AppSumo / partner code redemption with 4-code stacking
• Authenticated /app dashboard with usage cards, plan card, billing, files, settings

5 + 3 new tools — JSON, QR, Regex (+AI), Cover Letter, Resume Tailor, PDF Summarizer, Chat-with-PDF, Background Remover

• Browser-only: JSON Formatter, QR Code Generator
• Hybrid client + server AI: Regex Tester with English-to-regex generation
• Server AI (GPT-4o-mini): Cover Letter Writer, AI Resume Tailor
• PDF text via pdfjs-dist on the client → reuses /summarize endpoint
• Chat-with-PDF with page-cited answers
• Background Remover via Replicate rembg

Migrated deploy from Vercel to Azure Container Apps

• Multi-stage Dockerfile, Next.js standalone output (~200 MB image)
• Bicep IaC: ACR + Log Analytics + Container Apps Environment in one apply
• GitHub Actions: typecheck/lint/build → ACR push → ACA revision roll
• Entra ID OIDC federated credentials (no client secrets in CI)
• image + deploy jobs gated on the DEPLOY_TO_AZURE repo variable

Apexkit web app foundation

• Next.js 16 + React 19 + Tailwind v4 + Drizzle + Postgres
• 5-tier pricing surface with monthly/yearly toggle and ~17% yearly discount
• 100+ tool catalog + atomic counter-guarded tier middleware
• PDF Compress as the reference tool wired end-to-end