Vercel is really convenient platform for hosting JavaScript oriented projects. It has a ton of features and great developer experience (DX) when it comes to building, deploying, and potentially scaling your website or app. But sometimes that great DX gets in the way because you’re not following the happy path.
For instance, say you wanted to deploy to Vercel without having to link your repository to their platform. Perhaps there are security concerns, you’re using a hosted Git provider that’s not supported, or maybe not even using Git. Or perhaps you’re running a monorepo and only want to deploy one application (of many) to Vercel without exposing the other applications. If you find yourself in any of these situations among others, Vercel’s happy path probably won’t work for you.
Luckily, there is a way around all of this! Vercel has a handy CLI that allows you to create a Vercel project (without linking a repository) and deploy your code to Vercel.