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A hub for builders, creators & engineers to ship.

Buildsmiths is a community for indie hackers and ambitious tinkerers. We share progress, learn from each other, and use modern tools to ship faster.

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Our Ethos

Why Buildsmiths?

We are a loose collective of makers tired of over-engineering and under-shipping.

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Build in Public

Don't build in a silo. Share your wins, your struggles, and your revenue. Feedback is the best accelerator.

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Ship Small, Ship Often

Perfect is the enemy of done. We value iteration over speculation. Get it out the door.

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Community over Competition

The market is huge. We help each other grow. A rising tide lifts all indie boats.

The Official Tooling

The Buildsmiths Starter Kit

Community members get access to our opinionated, AI-native foundation. Don't start from scratch.

System Context Generator

Teach your AI to build.
Instantly.

Stop repeating yourself. Generate a standardized system context block for Cursor or Copilot that aligns the AI with your exact stack.

auth

billing

cursor_context.md

# System Context
You are an expert AI software engineer.
Project Stack:
- Framework: Next.js 16 (App Router)
- Language: TypeScript
- Database: Postgres (pg)
- Styling: Tailwind CSS v4
- Auth: Google + Magic Link
- Billing: Stripe Subscription
- AI Provider: OpenAI (GPT-4o)

Rules:
1. Use server actions for all mutations.
2. Follow the "Blueprints" architecture: read specs/*.md before coding.
3. Keep components small and composable using atomic design.
4. No heavy ORMs. Use raw SQL or lightweight query builders.

Blueprints Architecture

Don't write boilerplate. Define specs.

The Starter Kit is architected around a simple concept: Documentation is Code.

Instead of fighting with an AI that hallucinates old APIs or wrong patterns, you provide it with pre-written Markdown specs from the blueprints/ folder.

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Write a spec in Markdown (or use ours)
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Paste it into Cursor / Copilot
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Watch it generate code that actually compiles

EXPLORER...

📁app

📂blueprints

📄auth-flow.md

📄billing-subscription.md

📄database-schema.md

📄ui-system.md

📁components

📁lib

📄next.config.mjs

blueprints/auth-flow.md

# Auth Flow Specification

This blueprint defines the authentication logic using server actions and HttpOnly cookies.

## Requirements

- [ ] User signs up via Magic Link

- [ ] Middleware validates session token

- [ ] _CURSOR IS TYPING..._

No fluff. Just shipping power.

The Stack

Optimized for 2026. If it doesn't help you ship faster, it's not in the kit.

Server ActionsPPRMetadata

Next.js 16 (App Router)

Server Actions, React Server Components, and the latest caching primitives. No more API route boilerplate.

node-postgresMigrationsSeeds

Postgres (pg)

No heavy ORM layers. We use the 'pg' driver and raw SQL or lightweight query builders for maximum control and zero magic.

CSS VariablesPerformanceClean

Tailwind CSS v4

The new high-performance engine. Zero-runtime, CSS variables for theming, and the utility-first workflow you know.

WebhooksCheckoutPortal

Stripe Billing

Pre-wired subscription logic. Webhook handlers, pricing table components, and customer portal integration ready to go.

Community

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We hang out on X. No discord drama, just shipping updates and mutual support.

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