By: Shashank Padala

Date: 12-Nov-2025

Software Development Lifecycle:

  1. Requirements → ChatGPT (Dictate your thoughts and ask to convert to below)
    1. Business Requirements Doc (BRD) or Product Requirements Doc (PRD)
    2. Landing Page Requirements including copy-writing optimized for conversion.
    3. User Journey Flow requirements
  2. UX Designs → Lovable (https://lovable.dev)
  3. Development
    1. Integrated Development Environment (IDE) → Cursor (https://cursor.com/download)
    2. Frontend
      1. Language → Typescript
      2. Framework → NextJs
      3. Styling → Tailwind CSS
      4. UI Component Library → Shadcn
    3. Backend → Supabase Provides (https://supabase.com)
      1. Authentication
      2. Postgres SQL Database
      3. Vector Database to store AI Embeddings
      4. File Storage
      5. Edge Functions
  4. Testing
    1. Manually test user journey flows
    2. You do not need complex testing frameworks for MVP launch. Only implement this after you are cashflow positive or heading in that direction.
  5. Deploy / Launch
    1. Code Repo - Github
    2. Deployment - Vercel

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