How I delivered 2 MVPs in 30 Days

#webdev #startup #react #nextjs

In 30 days I’ve delivered 2 projects to my customers as a solo developer, taking an average of 2 weeks per project.

Shipping SaaS has never been so swift, let me tell you my secret…

I don’t use agile methodologies, I don’t write tests, and I certainly don’t bloat my calendar with calls.

So how do I work?

I mastered a tech stack and leverage AI to build on top of it.
I rely on fast iterative feedback loops and customer acceptance.
I use my 10+ years of SWE experience to avoid all the pitfalls and drive straight to the solution.

And what exactly did I build?

The first project was an MVP for an up and coming GenAI startup in the medical field.
A responsive dashboard equipped with auth pages (login and multiple kinds of registration), dynamic sidebar for navigation, user settings and team management pages, pipeline trackers, data vizualization components, data tables and file managers.

The second project was production ready app for one of my year long partners in the cyber security field.
A new API documentation platform built on top of OpenAPI with a modern UI and a powerful search engine.
I took the raw openapi.json and enriched it with additional metadata and then used it to build a new UI that was more user friendly and intuitive than Swagger, on top of extra features and bespoke requirements.

Here’s the tech stack that I used:

TypeScript: Essential type safety and autocomplete
React 19: Quality of life of the new React Compiler
Next.js 15: Most improved version of the app router available
Tailwind CSS: With class variables for app wide theming
Shadcn UI: Main component library for modern UI
HTML + CSS + JS: The prerequisite knowledge for these frameworks
Biome.js: Lightweight linter and formatter all in one
semantic-release: Version control and changelog generation
Playwright: TS first e2e testing framework
GitHub Actions: CI/CD workflows
Vercel: Hosting, analytics, logs, insights.

Here are the goals for every single codebase that I build:

Clean codebase
Minimalistic tech stack
Low complexity code
Easy to maintain
Pleasant to work
High quality of life and developer experience
High leverage (AI, Ecosystem, StackOverflow)

Inline with the minimalistic approach I keep the system overhead to a minimum and compatibility to a maximum — no fancy runtimes or package managers, just the LTS Node.js / NPM.
No husky, no storybook, no monorepo. No unnecessary dependency management headaches. No unnecessary technical overhead.

If you are a startup founder looking to ship your MVP in a couple of weeks reach out to me directly or through my website and we will make it happen.

I deliver my project’s source code packaged with instructions on how to deploy, enable analytics, and hook release logs to your Slack.