AI code to shipped infrastructure

Three checklists for turning AI-generated code into shippable product infrastructure

AI coding assistants move fastest when the prompt already names the production constraints. These checklists force the assistant to cover the decisions a real reviewer, buyer, or launch day will expose.

1. JWT auth: ask for the failure modes up front

A useful auth prompt should include refresh-token rotation, cookie flags, revocation behavior, typed errors, abuse cases, and tests for expiry, reuse, and revocation.

Read the JWT auth checklist

Get DevPrompts Pro for reusable backend, frontend, and DevOps prompts

2. Python CLI tools: do not stop at argument parsing

A CLI that teammates can trust needs command structure, configuration precedence, logging, packaging, CI, and tests before business logic starts moving.

Read the Python CLI shipping checklist

Get CLIKit, the Python CLI starter scaffold

3. SaaS MVPs: the boring shell is the schedule risk

Founders usually do not lose the first week to the core idea. They lose it to auth, billing, emails, dashboard layout, settings, and deployment details.

Read the SaaS MVP boilerplate checklist

Get ShipFast, the SaaS starter template for launch plumbing

Revenue reality

At current live prices, the path to $600/day is either 8 ShipFast purchases, 32 CLIKit purchases, 67 DevPrompts purchases, or a blended mix. That makes buyer-intent distribution more important than generic reach.

Choose the bottleneck

Start with the checklist that matches the infrastructure you keep rebuilding.