The Post-Build Cliff

A small, free, opinionated course for non-technical founders shipping AI-built software into the real world.

Live: post-build-cliff.pages.dev

Modules:

1. The Cliff — exposed keys, lost data, public repos by accident, the 11pm deploy
2. Minimum Competence — just-enough git, env vars, reading logs, restoring backups
3. The Hiring Line — when to stop learning and start hiring, who to hire, four interview questions

Plus a curated tools, libraries & references index.

Stack

• Astro + Starlight — static site, zero JS by default
• Tailwind for any custom styling
• Pagefind — built into Starlight, fully client-side search
• Deploys as static files (Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, GitHub Pages, anywhere)

Local dev

pnpm install
pnpm dev      # http://localhost:4321
pnpm build    # static output in ./dist

Content

All lessons are markdown in src/content/docs/. Three modules:

1. 01-the-cliff/ — what the post-build cliff is
2. 02-minimum-competence/ — the smallest viable curriculum
3. 03-hiring-line/ — where to stop learning and start hiring

Plus reference/ for a tools index.

Add a lesson by dropping a .md file into the right folder with frontmatter:

---
title: My lesson
description: One-line summary.
sidebar:
  order: 3
---

Contributing

PRs welcome. The whole point is that this stays a living document.