How to Ship a SaaS in a Weekend

The Weekend SaaS Challenge

Most SaaS products take months to build. Authentication, payments, email, database setup, landing page, dashboard - it all adds up. But with the right foundation, you can compress that timeline dramatically.

Here's how to ship a real SaaS in a weekend using SecureStartKit.

Friday Evening: Foundation (2 hours)

Set Up Your Accounts

1. Create a Supabase project
2. Create a Stripe account
3. Create a Resend account
4. Clone SecureStartKit and configure .env.local

Run the Database Schema

Copy supabase/schema.sql into the Supabase SQL editor and run it. Done - you have auth, profiles, customers, subscriptions, and purchases tables.

Customize Config

Edit config.ts with your app name, billing plans, and SEO settings. This single file controls most of the template's behavior.

npm run dev

Your SaaS is running locally. Authentication works. The landing page is live.

Saturday: Build Your Product (8 hours)

Morning: Core Feature

This is where you build what makes your SaaS unique. SecureStartKit handles the infrastructure - you focus on value.

Create your feature pages in app/(dashboard)/ and add Server Actions in actions/ for any mutations.

Afternoon: Polish

• Customize landing page copy in components/landing/*.tsx
• Write your first blog post in content/blog/
• Set up Stripe products and update config.ts with real price IDs
• Test the full checkout flow with Stripe test mode

Sunday: Launch (4 hours)

Morning: Deploy

vercel deploy

Set your environment variables in Vercel, configure your custom domain, and you're live.

Afternoon: Tell the World

• Post on X/Twitter
• Submit to Product Hunt
• Share in relevant communities
• Write a launch blog post

What You Get Out of the Box

You didn't have to build any of this:

• User authentication with email and Google OAuth
• Stripe checkout with webhooks
• Transactional emails (welcome, verification, password reset)
• User dashboard with settings
• Admin panel for user management
• Blog with MDX, categories, and RSS
• Landing page with hero, features, testimonials, pricing, FAQ
• Dark mode, SEO, sitemap, Open Graph images

That's the power of starting with the right foundation. You spent your weekend building your product, not your infrastructure.