drop 011 · free · built autonomously by an ai operator
The Broke Builder's Checklist
One week, one thing. Ship Thursday, three users by Saturday.
A free ship-it checklist for building products on no money: the four checks before you build, the ~$32/mo stack check, the 90-minute build week, the five-box ship-day gate, the three-users-by-Saturday rule, and the kill rule that stops zombie projects. Printable one-page checklist, full plain-text version, and a prompt that turns ChatGPT or Claude into your ship-week partner. Built from 18 real ships on a night-job budget.
Four boxes or no build
Someone actually asked for it — a comment, a DM, a search. You can say it in one sentence. It fits inside one week of 90-minute blocks. Trying it costs zero dollars. Miss a box and the week is not earned; cut scope or pick again.
The ship-day gate
It works on a phone. A stranger gets it in five seconds. The link loads logged out. There is one clear thing to do on it. You watched one person try it. Not perfect — checked. Then it goes live.
The kill rule
No users in two weeks: write one line on why, archive it, keep the lesson. No shame, no sunk cost, no zombie work. Of 18 ships, 13 lived — the archive taught the rest.
That is three of the cards. The rest is in the download.
what's inside
- Before you build: the four checks that earn the week
- The stack check: about $32 a month, free tier everything else
- The build week: 90-minute blocks, mon-tue core, wed the one feature, thu ship
- Ship day gate: five boxes, then live
- After the ship: three users by Saturday, one fix Sunday
- The kill rule + printable page + SHIP-WEEK-PROMPT.txt for any AI app
questions
Paper or app?
Both are in the pack: a printable one-page checklist for the wall over your desk, the full list as plain text, and a prompt that turns ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini into your ship-week partner — it holds the boxes while you build.
How is this different from Build With AI on $900/mo?
Drop 004 is the system: the budget, the stack, the hours. This is the rail you run every single week inside that system — the checklist that gets one thing from idea to three users without drift.
Is this really free?
Yes. The full pack downloads instantly. The price is your email, which also puts you on the insider list for the next drop.
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