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16. Boilerplates

Boilerplates reduce friction. They help teams start from structure instead of chaos.

Working starters (verified Sept 2026)

• nextjs-supabase/ — Next.js + Supabase auth, layout, deploy configs
• flask-firebase/ — Flask + Firebase, minimal templates
• fastapi-supabase/ — FastAPI + CORS + /healthz + fixture mode (?demo=1)

The folder patterns below are starting sketches, not finished apps. Pick the closest working starter above, rename it, cut everything outside the golden-path demo.

What this section includes (patterns)

• AI SaaS
• Dashboard
• Chat app
• Marketplace
• RAG app
• AI assistant
• College platform
• Resume analyzer
• Portfolio
• Auth starter

Starter principles

• keep folder structure shallow,
• keep the first screen useful,
• keep the data model simple,
• keep deployment easy,
• and keep the demo obvious.

Boilerplate folder patterns

AI SaaS

ai-saas/
├── app/
├── components/
├── lib/
├── prompts/
├── public/
└── README.md

Dashboard

dashboard/
├── app/
├── components/
├── data/
├── charts/
└── README.md

Chat app

chat-app/
├── app/
├── components/
├── lib/
├── realtime/
└── README.md

Marketplace

marketplace/
├── app/
├── components/
├── listings/
├── payments/
└── README.md

RAG app

rag-app/
├── app/
├── components/
├── embeddings/
├── retrieval/
└── README.md

AI assistant

ai-assistant/
├── app/
├── components/
├── agents/
├── memory/
└── README.md

College platform

college-platform/
├── app/
├── components/
├── auth/
├── submissions/
└── README.md

Resume analyzer

resume-analyzer/
├── app/
├── components/
├── parsing/
├── scoring/
└── README.md

Portfolio

portfolio/
├── app/
├── components/
├── content/
└── README.md

Auth starter

auth-starter/
├── app/
├── components/
├── auth/
└── README.md

How to use boilerplates

1. Pick the closest starter.
2. Rename it to match the problem.
3. Remove features that do not help the demo.
4. Ship the core workflow first.
5. Add polish only after the workflow works.

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