I built a production-ready Next.js SaaS boilerplate — here's everything inside

I'm a 25 year old web developer. I started my career in 2022 and have been building websites and web apps for clients ever since — landing pages, custom web apps, business websites. Decent work, but always for someone else. Always on their timeline, their revisions, their requirements. I wanted to build something for myself. Something I own. Something that makes money while I sleep. So I built KitBolt SaaS Starter — a production-ready Next.js 14 boilerplate. This is the story of what's inside it and why I built it. 🤔 Why a boilerplate? Every SaaS application needs the same foundation: ✅ User authentication (login, register, password reset) ✅ Payment processing ✅ A database ✅ A user dashboard ✅ Email notifications ✅ An admin panel Every developer builds this from scratch. Every. Single. Time. It takes 3-4 weeks minimum. And it's the most boring part of building a SaaS — because none of it is your actual product. It's just the plumbing. KitBolt is that plumbing. Pre-built, tested, and re