The 2-Hour Shipping Ritual: From Sketch to Global SaaS

Last Updated: Jan 25, 2025 | Author: Edwin (Chief Architect) Methodology: Verified across 100 consecutive project launches. Average "Concept-to-URL" time: 1h 45m.

The biggest killer of indie projects isn't a lack of ideas; it's a lack of velocity. An idea that can't be validated within a single afternoon is likely to die in your ~/Projects folder.

The "2-Hour Shipping Ritual" is our core philosophy, made possible by the Mouth-First Ship™ engine. It's a systematic workflow for turning a raw concept into a live, high-authority, fullstack application. Here's how it works.

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Minutes 0-30: The Vision (Google AI Studio)

Goal: Generate the core frontend from a visual prompt.

1. The Prompt: Don't write code. Find a reference image, or better yet, sketch your UI on a piece of paper.
2. Upload to AI Studio: Feed the image to Gemini. Use a prompt like: "Replicate this layout as a responsive React 19 component using Tailwind CSS. Use semantic class names."
3. Download Code: Once you're happy with the visual shell, download the generated code as a ZIP file. You now have a high-quality, structured frontend. The "vibe" is captured.

Cost: $0.

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Minutes 31-90: The Logic & Structure (Lovable + GitHub)

Goal: Place the AI-generated code into a production-ready scaffold and inject the backend.

1. Create Project in Lovable: Create a new, empty project in Lovable.
2. Link to GitHub: Connect this new Lovable project to a new, empty GitHub repository. This will populate the repo with Lovable's standard boilerplate.
3. Code Overwrite: Unzip the code you downloaded from AI Studio. Copy and paste its contents into your local clone of the GitHub repository, completely overwriting Lovable's boilerplate files. Commit and push the changes.
4. Inject Logic: Back in Lovable, which is now synced with your UI code, use natural language to add the backend. Prompt it: "Connect this form to a Supabase table," or "Add Stripe checkout for a $9 subscription." Lovable will write the necessary hooks and API logic.

You now have a fullstack application.

Cost: $0 (for the first two months with our partner offer).

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Minutes 91-120: The Distribution (Cloudflare)

Goal: Deploy globally.

1. Create Project in Cloudflare: Go to your Cloudflare Pages dashboard and create a new project.
2. Connect GitHub Repo: Connect Cloudflare Pages to the same GitHub repository you created in the previous phase.
3. Configure Build: Use the "React" preset. Cloudflare will automatically detect the Vite configuration.
4. Deploy: Click "Save and Deploy." Cloudflare will build your application, run quality checks, and deploy it to its global edge network.

Your idea is now live, on a custom domain, with a perfect Lighthouse score, accessible to the world.

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This isn't a theoretical workflow. This is the ritual we use for the 100 Product Challenge. It replaces months of manual configuration with two hours of focused, high-leverage work.

Slay the delay. Ship instantly.