The Vibe-Coded Micro-SaaS
Describe the software. Let AI build it. Charge money for it.
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What this walkthrough gets you
You will build a small piece of software that does one useful thing for one kind of customer, just by describing it to an AI in plain English, then put it live and charge a monthly subscription. No coding. It runs for under $50 a month, often under $20. The walkthrough has a working practice app built this weekend and your real product live in a few weeks, with first paying customers soon after. It is something you own, and one day it could even be sold.
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Walk the whole business, step by step.
This walkthrough and the other 20, for one payment of $99. Every step, every tool with its price, every script and template as a download, and Ray beside you the whole way. New walkthroughs are included for life.
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Every chapter and every step
The full walkthrough · 23 chapters
- Start Here: The Business in Plain Terms
- 1. Reality Check: What Vibe Coding Actually Is in 2026
- 2. Why Right Now: The Window Most People Haven't Noticed Yet
- 3. The Idea: What to Build (Read This Twice)
- 4. The Idea Bank: Two Dozen Validated Starting Points
- 5. Confidence Calibration: Yes, You, Specifically
- 6. The Tool Stack: Every Layer, Explained and Walked Through
- 7. The First Build: From Empty Folder to Working App, Step by Step
- 8. The Prompt Library: The Exact Words That Build a Product
- 9. What Breaks, and How to Not Ship It
- 10. Pricing and Monetisation
- 11. The Launch: Your First Ten Customers
- 12. Growth: From Ten Customers to Five Hundred
- 13. Running the Business With AI (Not Just Building It)
- 14. Post-Launch Operations: Running It for Years
- 15. The Legal and Operational Basics
- 16. The Compounding MRR
- 17. The Part Nobody Likes
- 18. Common Mistakes to Avoid
- 19. Progress Markers: Month by Month
- Case Study: Priya, Month Zero to Month Eight
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Sources
In Steps · 16 steps
- Get it right before you build1Pick a narrow, boring, painful idea in a world you already know.
- 2Validate that ten people will pay, before you build anything.
- 3Set up the tool stack (two accounts now, the rest when you need them).
- Learn the loop4Scaffold a practice app and see it appear in your browser.
- 5Build the one feature, and learn the describe-test-fix loop.
- 6Add user accounts by connecting Supabase.
- Build the real product7Rebuild it as your real product, then test and harden it.
- 8Deploy it live to the internet with Vercel.
- 9Connect Stripe and turn the project into a business.
- Launch to the first ten10Set one price, higher than feels comfortable.
- 11Launch where your specific customers already gather.
- 12Read the launch like data, and fix the one thing that is off.
- Compound13Grow past ten by doing more of whatever got you the first ten.
- 14Run the business with AI, not just build it.
- 15Keep the customers you have, because retention is the real engine.
- 16Build the compounding MRR, an asset you can one day sell.
Included
4 downloads, ready to use
- The Validation KitThe exact process and scripts to confirm people will pay before you build — where to look, what to ask, and the 10-payment rule.
- The Build Prompt LibraryCopy-ready Claude Code prompts for every stage — scaffold, core feature, auth, payments, and deploy. The exact words to type.
- The Launch KitThe first-10-customers playbook — where to launch, the launch-day post templates, and the pricing page that converts.
- The Idea BankTwo dozen vetted micro-SaaS directions across vertical, workflow, AI, and analytics niches — each with the target customer and what to validate before building.
Answered inside
Questions this walkthrough answers
- Do I genuinely need zero coding ability, or is that marketing? Answer in the walkthrough
- What exactly do I build first to learn, versus my real product? Answer in the walkthrough
- How do I pick an idea if I don't have one? Answer in the walkthrough
- What if the AI builds something with a security problem I can't see? Answer in the walkthrough
- How long until I have something I can actually charge for? Answer in the walkthrough
- What happens when a tool I depend on changes or breaks? Answer in the walkthrough
- Can I really compete when AI lets everyone build now? Answer in the walkthrough
- Should I build one big product or several small ones? Answer in the walkthrough
- How do I actually get the first ten customers? Answer in the walkthrough
- Is this just the latest hype that'll be worthless in a year? Answer in the walkthrough
- Do I need to register a business to start charging? Answer in the walkthrough
Your guide inside
Ray walks it with you
Inside every walkthrough, Ray goes through the steps with you. He points out what matters at each step, saves your place when you step away to a tool, and answers the questions people ask most: 22 ready answers for this walkthrough.
Let's build this together — one move at a time. No code: you describe what you want in plain English and the AI writes it, tests it, and fixes its own mistakes. I'll only jump in when it matters.
- Ask Ray: Do I really not need to know how to code?
- Ask Ray: I'm genuinely not technical — can I really do this?
- Ask Ray: What tools do I actually need?
- Ask Ray: How do I get my first ten customers?
- Ask Ray: How much should I charge?
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Walk the whole business, step by step.
This walkthrough and the other 20, for one payment of $99. Every step, every tool with its price, every script and template as a download, and Ray beside you the whole way. New walkthroughs are included for life.
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