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Code and Sea

Simple, intentional software with no subscriptions, ever. Built for the self-directed practitioner to own, not rent.

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United Kingdom Estimated origin: United Kingdom

Added August 18, 2026 · Last analysed August 18, 2026 · via Hacker News

StackScope is a free public catalogue of indie launches. We find launches on Product Hunt, Hacker News and similar feeds, then crawl each site to detect its tech stack and score it for launch readiness: DNS, security headers, SEO basics. This page is what we saw on 18 August 2026; the live site may have changed since.

Code and Sea scores highly overall, with complete legal pages, a thorough launch checklist, and clean crawl signals. Main gaps: no Permissions-Policy, tracking cookies set before any opt-in, and incomplete email security.

Launched on Hacker News on August 18, 2026. The site is hosted on OVH SAS in France, with a domain registered in 2025. Our crawler found 11 technologies on this site, covering analytics, backend framework, CSS frameworks, and developer tools. The stack includes Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, and Apache.

It's also on one of the most common stacks we track, shared by 179 launches and more locked down than the typical Hacker News launch.

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9.5
StackScope Score
Excellent
100/100 Launch Readiness
Launch ready
3/3* Legal
Complete*
2/2 Crawl files
Complete
Vibe Score 8 · Few AI signals
How much the site looks AI-generated. Informational pattern-match signal, not a verdict. Does not feed the StackScope Score. See which fingerprints fired →

Tech Stack (11)

Infrastructure
DNS Namecheap DNS
Security HSTS
Server Apache
Email
Business email Google Workspace
Email marketing Brevo
Build & Framework
CSS framework Tailwind CSS
Developer tools Vite
Framework Alpine.js
Analytics & Marketing
Analytics PostHog (5)
SEO Google Search Console
Other
Backend framework Laravel Livewire (2)

Infrastructure

Network
AS16276 · FR
DNS
Namecheap DNS
Authoritative nameserver
DNSSEC
Not enabled
DNS responses unsigned. Cache-poisoning vulnerable.
Green hosting
Green hosted
Host runs on renewable energy. Data from The Green Web Foundation.
SSL Certificate
Let's Encrypt
Valid 3 Aug 2026 to 1 Nov 2026
Certificate as captured in this snapshot, not a live check.
Domain Age
1 year
Registered Jul 2025 · NameCheap, Inc.

Email Security

SPF Not published. Your domain can be spoofed in phishing emails.
DKIM Detected via known email provider
DMARC p=none None (p=none). Monitoring only.
?
MTA-STS Not deployed. Mail to your domain can be downgraded to plaintext en route.
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TLS-RPT Not configured. You won't hear about silent SMTP TLS handshake failures.

Storage (7)

Cookies (2)
NameLifetimeDetected as
code-and-sea-ltd-session 2h -
XSRF-TOKEN 2h -
Local storage (2)
KeySizeDetected as
flux-sidebar-collapsed-desktop 4 B -
ph_phc_qutgHTvTgX6SrqGucrU4KV5tqixp5Zi9HRyGYJkYjpsU_posthog 831 B PostHog
Session storage (3)
KeySizeDetected as
ph_phc_qutgHTvTgX6SrqGucrU4KV5tqixp5Zi9HRyGYJkYjpsU_posthog 90 B PostHog
ph_phc_qutgHTvTgX6SrqGucrU4KV5tqixp5Zi9HRyGYJkYjpsU_primary_window_exists 4 B PostHog
ph_phc_qutgHTvTgX6SrqGucrU4KV5tqixp5Zi9HRyGYJkYjpsU_session_registered_properties 74 B PostHog

Readiness Breakdown How?

Custom title and meta description
Open Graph tags (title, image, description)
Twitter card meta tags
Canonical URL declared
Responsive viewport meta tag
Favicon present
Semantic HTML (nav, main, article)

Performance How?

523 ms Server response
30% Faster than peers
832 ms Largest contentful paint
0.00 Cumulative layout shift
1.4 MB Page weight
342 KB Image weight
3 Third-party domains
0 Console errors
0 Failed requests

8 images: 4 oversized, 1 without width/height, 1 missing alt text

Indicative grade from a single automated render, not a substitute for Lighthouse or field data, and not part of the StackScope score.

Vibe Score Breakdown How?

SignalPoints
AI palette signals +5
AI writing signals +3

This score is based on structural patterns and is not definitive. Many legitimate sites may trigger signals, and AI-built sites may go undetected. It should be treated as an indicator, not a verdict.

AI Stance

No AI stance declared
llms.txt published
No AI bots blocked in robots.txt
? No directive declared
? None advertised

Well-Known Files

robots.txt
sitemap.xml (14 URLs)
security.txt
llms.txt
ads.txt
humans.txt
Privacy Policy
/privacy-policy
Terms of Service
/terms
? Consent manager not detected
Analytics set tracking cookies on our visit, with no opt-in step.
86% unique

Security Headers (5/6)

Permissions-Policy experimental (check browser support)
X-XSS-Protection deprecated (use Content-Security-Policy)

Build

Code splitting
6 JS files
1 CSS files
3 Third-party domains

Brand Colours

App Manifest

Code and Sea
display: browser 2 icons
theme #ffffff
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