starter · 2026-04-22

What makes a SaaS starter commercially usable

A commercial starter is more than auth and billing. It needs trust, legal, support, content, and a release rhythm built in.

A serious starter removes repeated product work, not only repeated code. That means pricing pages, legal pages, support routes, docs, and changelogs should exist before the first customer asks for them.

The trick is to ship those surfaces without baking in every provider too early. Keep provider adapters explicit and keep product routes stable.