MyTechSupport.com

What This Site Is

MyTechSupport.com is a website that connects people who have tech problems with people who can fix them. Clients post a job or a “bounty” (like a reward for solving a problem), and freelance tech support specialists from around the world pick up the work and get paid. It is part Upwork, part StackOverflow, built specifically for tech support. This is a real app with user accounts, real money, and live messaging — not a brochure site.

Ownership

Yours. Your own platform.

Live URL

https://mytechsupport.com

Stack & Hosting

Thing	Detail
Framework	Next.js 16.0.10
React	19.2.1
UI components	Radix UI, Tailwind CSS
Database	Supabase (PostgreSQL) with 91+ migrations
Payments	Stripe Connect
Email	Resend
Hosting	Vercel
Scheduled jobs	Vercel Cron (notifications queue, email digests, daily stats, profile nudges, security, onboarding, job review, engagement reports)

Where It Lives

• Repo: ~/apps/mytechsupport/
• Dev server: cd ~/apps/mytechsupport && npm run dev (port 3000 default)
• Dev port (if using pop-it-open): 3200
• Build number: 798 (as of last Explore pass)
• Latest commit: 2026-03-31

How To Edit

1. cd ~/apps/mytechsupport
2. Edit pages and components in src/
3. npm run dev to preview
4. Bump the build number in TWO places (this is a gotcha specific to this repo):
   • src/lib/build-info.ts
   • src/components/layout/Footer.tsx
   • The build.txt file is the canonical source, but these two files also need to match.
5. Commit with message format Build X: summary
6. git push — Vercel auto-deploys

Key Features

• User roles: client, specialist, admin, super_admin
• Job marketplace: private paid jobs between clients and specialists
• Bounty board: public bounties anyone can claim
• Real-time messaging between users
• Stripe Connect payouts to specialists
• Admin dashboard for managing users, jobs, disputes
• Cron jobs running every day for digests, stats, security checks

Known Issues / TODOs

• Two-file build number bump. Easy to forget one of the two files. Consider automating this in a pre-commit hook.
• The critical deployment rules are in OUR_SHARED_UNDERSTANDING.md, not in CLAUDE.md. Read that file before you make any deployment changes.
• 91+ migrations. Supabase migration history is long. When adding a new migration, always test on a local or staging DB before pushing.
• This is a real app with real users and real money. Treat deploys with more caution than the marketing sites — a bug here can cost money or break a payout.

Credentials

• Supabase URL + anon key — in Vercel environment variables, referenced in .env.local for dev.
• Stripe secret + webhook signing secret — in Vercel environment variables.
• Resend API key — in Vercel environment variables.
• Full list — in shared-secrets.env on Google Drive.

Related Capabilities

• GSC Audit (capabilities/gsc-audit) — include in the weekly health check, this is one of the highest-leverage sites for SEO fixes.
• Send a Gmail (capabilities/send-gmail) — transactional emails technically go through Resend, but digest emails can use the Gmail capability if needed.