Live in 2 weeks. Paying users in 3.
Next.js + Postgres + Stripe + Resend, wired and deployed. A product real users can sign up for — not a Figma frame, not a clickable prototype.
AI candidate screening tool. Resume upload + Claude scoring + spreadsheet export. $12K, 2 weeks, paying users by week 3.
What ships in 2-4 weeks
Not a prototype. Not a mockup. A real product real users can sign up for and pay on. Named with the actual stack components so you can tell whether we know what we are doing.
Day-1 stack: Next.js + Postgres + Stripe + Resend
Next.js 15 App Router, Drizzle on Postgres, NextAuth or Clerk, Stripe Checkout with webhook, Resend for email. Wired together, deployed to Vercel, real domain on day one.
Auth, billing, sessions
Sign-up, sign-in, magic link, OAuth, password reset. Subscription, one-time, usage-based — whatever billing model fits. Stripe webhook handler in place from day one, not bolted on later.
Admin panel out of the gate
You need to see who signed up, who paid, what they did. Day 1 admin: users, sessions, revenue, last-active, support flag. Not Mixpanel later — SQL today.
Day 14: paying users
Live URL, custom domain, SSL, CI/CD on PRs, Sentry on errors. Not a GitHub repo with a README — a product real users can sign up for and pay you on.
Why speed matters
The biggest startup risk is building something nobody wants. Speed-to-market is not about cutting corners — it is about learning faster than your competition.
Validate before you fundraise
Investors fund traction. A working product with paying users is worth more than a deck. Ship first, raise on numbers.
Cost asymmetry
Building the wrong thing for 6 months costs $100K+. A testable MVP is $10K-$25K in 2 weeks. If the idea is wrong you find out cheap. If it is right you have the foundation.
Iterate on data
Your first version will not be perfect — it should not be. Ship the core value, watch real users, iterate on what they actually do.
Speed compounds
Every week not shipping is a week your competitor is. Shipping faster does not mean cutting corners — it means deciding what is core and what can wait.
How it runs
Strip to one feature
What is the one thing the product must do? We cut everything else. Scope written and signed in 48 hours.
Build
One technical lead, weekly Vercel preview URL. You click real software every week. No status meetings.
Ship
Custom domain, payment flow live, real users can sign up. You start learning immediately.
Iterate or scale
Based on real usage, we iterate the MVP or move to a Scale build. You decide on data, not gut.
The MVP stack
Same stack we use for $50K platforms. Your MVP is not a throwaway — it is the foundation you scale on.
Pricing
Full web app with auth, Postgres, Stripe, admin panel. Custom domain. Fixed price, written deadline, 25% back if we miss.
Expand the MVP. Add roles, integrations, AI features, scale infra based on real user signal.
Not sure if it is buildable? Book an hour. We will tell you what it takes, what it costs, and whether MVP is the right shape.
An MVP is and is not
Setting expectations upfront saves everyone time and money.
An MVP is
An MVP is not
Ship the first version.
Describe the idea. Get a fixed quote and timeline within 48 hours. NDA before any details.