The Minimum Viable SaaS: Ship in a Weekend With Next.js 16

You do not need 3 months to launch a SaaS. Here is the minimum viable feature set and how to ship it in a weekend. The minimum feature set Every SaaS needs exactly 5 things on day one: Authentication — users need accounts Billing — you need to get paid A core feature — the thing people are paying for A landing page — to explain what it does Email — for onboarding and billing notifications That is it. No admin panel. No team management. No analytics. No blog. Those are week 2+ features. The weekend schedule Saturday morning: Foundation Start with a starter kit. Do not build auth and billing from scratch — you will burn the entire weekend on plumbing. # If using LaunchKit: unzip launchkit-v1.0.zip && cd launchkit npm install && cp .env.example .env.local npx prisma db push && npm run dev Auth, billing, email, landing page: done in 10 minutes. Saturday afternoon: Core feature This is the only code you should write from scratch. Everything else should be pre-built. Add your feature as a ne