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Remove unused policyengine-website Vercel project #531

@SakshiKekre

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@SakshiKekre

Summary

Delete the policyengine-website Vercel project as it is unused and redundant with policyengine-app-v2.

Background

PR #494 introduced a monorepo architecture that splits the app into:

  • Website (www.policyengine.org) - Homepage, blog, team, donate pages
  • Calculator (app.policyengine.org) - Policy simulator, household builder, reports

As part of this split, two new Vercel projects were created:

  • policyengine-website - intended to serve www.policyengine.org
  • policyengine-calculator - intended to serve app.policyengine.org

However, the production domain www.policyengine.org was already attached to the existing policyengine-app-v2 project. Rather than migrate domains, we fixed policyengine-app-v2 to work with the new monorepo structure (by clearing the Root Directory setting in Vercel).

Current State

Project Production URL Status
policyengine-app-v2 www.policyengine.org Active, serving production
policyengine-website policyengine-website.vercel.app Unused, no custom domain
policyengine-calculator app.policyengine.org Active, serving production

Comparison

Setting policyengine-app-v2 policyengine-website
Created Sep 30, 2025 Dec 3, 2025
Root Directory . .
Node.js 22.x 24.x
Framework Vite Other
Custom Domain Yes No
Deployment History 78 days 14 days

Action Items

  • Verify no unique environment variables exist in policyengine-website (check Vercel dashboard)
  • Delete policyengine-website project from Vercel dashboard
  • Optionally rename policyengine-app-v2 to policyengine-website for clarity

Why Not Keep Both?

  • Redundant preview deployments on every PR (wasted build minutes)
  • Confusing to have two projects for the same purpose
  • policyengine-website has incorrect framework detection ("Other" vs "Vite")
  • No value in preserving 14 days of unused deployment history

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