Why I use it
Its job in the stack
I use Vercel when a web project benefits from automatic preview deployments and a direct path from reviewed code to production. It makes every branch inspectable without turning routine publishing into manual server work.
The useful part is the delivery discipline around it: source control remains canonical, environment values remain controlled and production is promoted from tested code.
Where it earns its place
Work I use it for
- 01Static and server-rendered sites
- 02Preview deployments
- 03Domain hosting
- 04Deployment analytics
Limits
What it does not solve
Platform convenience can create coupling, and usage-based features need cost monitoring. Not every workload belongs on an edge platform.