After Hours BuildersCourse

Templates

Reusable build artifacts for the 30-day course.

Copy these into your notes, decisions, or harness session. They turn the course into concrete product work: setup, idea selection, build specs, recovery, launch checks, and the final decision memo.

Module 0

AI Tool Sorter

Sort confusing AI products into model, harness, or access layer before spending money.

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Days 1-3

Build Bench Setup

Create the minimum folder, notes, decisions, and first harness task for the 60-minute stack.

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Week 2

Unsticking Protocol

Give the harness facts instead of vague retries when the app breaks.

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Week 1

Boring Problem Scorecard

Score day-job problems by pain, buyer access, specificity, and thin-version feasibility.

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Week 2

Thin Build Spec

Turn the chosen idea into one user path with acceptance checks and known exclusions.

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Week 3

Launch Smoke Test

Verify the public URL, offer, next action, provider gates, and support path before sharing.

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After Day 30

Iterate or Kill Memo

Use evidence from the shipped attempt to decide whether to improve, reposition, or stop.

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