What is a BPS website?
BPS stands for Build, Push, Sleep. It's a simple framework I use for shipping side projects:
- Build it fast with AI assistance
- Push it to free hosting
- Sleep while it runs itself
No servers to babysit. No monthly bills. No accounts to manage. The site just exists, serves users, and quietly earns.
My latest BPS project is DocForge, a free invoice, receipt, and quote generator. Here's how the philosophy shaped every decision.
Rule 1: Zero running costs
If a project costs money every month, it needs to earn money every month. That's pressure. BPS removes it.
DocForge runs entirely on free tiers:
- Next.js on Vercel (free hobby tier)
- Client-side PDF generation so there's no backend doing heavy work
- No database for users because there are no accounts
The PDF part is the key trick. Every document is generated in the visitor's browser. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored, nothing is processed server-side. That's not just a privacy feature (though it is one), it's what makes free hosting viable. The server ships static-ish pages and the user's machine does the work.
Rule 2: Zero maintenance by design
Every feature I didn't build is a feature that can't break:
- No signup means no auth bugs, no password resets, no email deliverability issues
- No stored documents means no storage costs, no GDPR headaches, no data breaches
- No backend jobs means nothing to monitor at 3am
The entire product is a form, a live preview, and a download button. That surface area is small enough that once it works, it keeps working.
Rule 3: Traffic that compounds while you sleep
A BPS site can't rely on you promoting it forever. It needs traffic that grows on its own, which means SEO.
DocForge is structured as a programmatic SEO play:
- Tools by document type: invoice, receipt, quote, purchase order, pay stub, credit note, delivery note, letterhead
- Invoices by profession: photographer, contractor, tutor, web developer, and more, each with tailored defaults and copy
- Invoices by country: US sales tax, UK VAT, Canada GST/HST, India GST, and so on, with correct labels and currency
Each page targets a real long-tail search like "photographer invoice generator" or "VAT invoice UK". The important part: every page is a genuinely different, working tool with unique guidance. That's what keeps it on the right side of Google's thin content rules. Doorway pages get penalized. Useful variants don't.
Rule 4: Monetize without ruining the product
The tools are 100% free and fully functional. Revenue comes from two passive sources:
- A single discreet ad placement
- Affiliate links to accounting software, for users who outgrow simple documents
No paywalls, no locked features, no "free trial" bait. The free product IS the marketing.
The build itself
Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, shadcn/ui, deployed on Vercel.
I built it AI-assisted, working in fast iterations. The repo even has a worklog and screenshots of each iteration if you want to see the process: github.com/issamovitch/thedocforge
Total infrastructure cost so far: $0 plus the domain.
Why this works for solo builders
Most side projects die from maintenance fatigue, not lack of ideas. You ship something, it needs attention, life happens, it rots.
BPS flips that. Design for zero upkeep from day one, and the project survives your attention span. The worst case is a free site that helps people make invoices. The best case is a small asset that grows in the background while you build the next one.
Try it: thedocforge.com
Questions about the stack or the SEO structure? Ask below.
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