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Developer builds 163-page paycheck calculator with zero server costs
A developer created PayBrackets, a free paycheck calculator covering all 50 US states plus DC, using only static TypeScript files for tax rules. The site has no database, backend, or APIs, costing only the domain name. It encodes 2026 federal and state tax brackets, deductions, and Social Security wage bases by hand.
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The story highlights how static site generation and careful data encoding can replace expensive infrastructure, but the manual maintenance of 51 tax jurisdictions may become a burden as rules change.
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