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Custom domains & HTTPS without touching DNS

The five records that matter, and the order to add them.

Marcus Tan Founding Engineer, Y Build
Published May 19, 2026
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Custom domains scare people off for no reason. There are five records that matter, and a sane order to add them in. Do it once, understand it forever.

The short version

Verify the apex, alias www, let the platform handle the certificate, and confirm over HTTPS before you celebrate. We list the exact records.

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Marcus Tan Founding Engineer, Y Build

Marcus has shipped 40+ production apps with AI tooling and runs the Build Lab experiments — the timed, reproducible head-to-heads behind every Compare and Lab note. Previously built developer platforms at two YC startups.

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