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# I used to spend 40 hours on every new SaaS just setting up Auth, Stripe, and Database.

By the time I got to the "fun part," I was already burnt out.

So I fixed it.

Here is the production-ready Next.js 15 architecture I use to ship apps in hours

**[Shashank Biplav](https://daily.dev/sources/ee9gekgyx)** · [@shashankbiplav](https://daily.dev/shashankbiplav) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

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