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codefolio: DEPLOY.md landed, live URL still needs Convex env

September 9, 2026•2 min read

codefolio: DEPLOY.md landed, live URL still needs Convex env

Follow-up: codefolio#1 closed with DEPLOY.md only. No live URL yet; Convex env and codefolio.dev remain parked.

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launchpad: Clerk, Convex, and PostHog finally mount in layout

September 9, 2026•2 min read

launchpad: Clerk, Convex, and PostHog finally mount in layout

Follow-up: michaelmonetized/launchpad PR #7 closed Issue #3. Root layout mounts Clerk then Convex then PostHog; Convex uses @clerk/nextjs useAuth matching clerkMiddleware. Soft-guards when env is unset. Providers are no longer orphan files.

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BestWNC: I built a WNC directory that returns null instead of fake analytics

September 8, 2026•4 min read

BestWNC: I built a WNC directory that returns null instead of fake analytics

BestWNC is the WNC directory where listings start free and owner analytics return null when the measurement layer cannot defend a chart. September 8 shipped honest null availability, claim/billing hardening, and honeypots after spam flooded the inbox.

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GetAt.Me: I replaced the link list with a relationship console

September 8, 2026•4 min read

GetAt.Me: I replaced the link list with a relationship console

getat.me is a relationship-first link-in-bio: Next.js + Convex contacts and booking rails, not just clicks. Honest about what is live vs scaffold.

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uncap.us: I rebuilt the social layer around the repo

August 31, 2026•5 min read

uncap.us: I rebuilt the social layer around the repo

I spent eight months turning a file-cabinet Git host into a repo-native work hub — Lens, origin sync, CLI/UnGit, TanStack Start. Live at uncap.us.

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Mack's BBQ Shack: I built a Main Street site that still feels like the pit

August 30, 2026•4 min read

Mack's BBQ Shack: I built a Main Street site that still feels like the pit

Mack's Shack BBQ is a private Next 16 / Bun / Convex / Resend Canton pit site with a condensation-glass hero, skeuomorphic chalkboard menu, and catering leads from notify@uncap.us. Live on www.macksbbqshack.com; sixty-seven commits through the Aug 30 Resend fix.

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HMS: I replaced WordPress + Elementor with a live site that is the editor

August 14, 2026•4 min read

HMS: I replaced WordPress + Elementor with a live site that is the editor

I built HMS (Hustle Management System) so pages, blog, shop, and blueprints are block trees on Vite+ / React 19 / Convex / Clerk. Same URL for visitors and ?edit=1 for operators. Six commits. Version 0.0.0.

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Best Jeep Decals: I shipped a dark-first vinyl storefront for Jeep identity

August 8, 2026•6 min read

Best Jeep Decals: I shipped a dark-first vinyl storefront for Jeep identity

Private Next.js 16 Jeep vinyl e-commerce: Convex catalog, Clerk auth, Stripe checkout, wishlist, reviews. 30 seeded SKUs at $29.99. Live at bestjeepdecals.com.

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reaferral: I built a free referral tracker so agents stop bleeding commissions into spreadsheets

August 8, 2026•5 min read

reaferral: I built a free referral tracker so agents stop bleeding commissions into spreadsheets

Reaferral is an agent referral platform: who sent it, what fee attaches, where it sits in the pipeline. Accountability, not a CRM dump.

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Your ZAXBYS: I built a franchise ops platform so the store and the above-store stop living in different spreadsheets

August 8, 2026•5 min read

Your ZAXBYS: I built a franchise ops platform so the store and the above-store stop living in different spreadsheets

I shipped Your ZAXBYS as a Next.js 16 + Convex + Clerk franchise management platform (employees, stores, schedules, CAPs, audits) with a public marketing lander and a private dashboard, package 1.0.0, 46 commits, HEAD 705473f.

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WNC History Tours: I shipped the booking shell before the tour pages existed

August 8, 2026•4 min read

WNC History Tours: I shipped the booking shell before the tour pages existed

WNC History Tours is my Western North Carolina history-tour directory (Next.js 16, Convex, Clerk, Stripe deps). Homepage + schema + Blacksmith CI shipped; tour detail and checkout still missing. Domain answers Cloudflare 526.

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modern-design-playground: I left agents running for ten hours and they rebuilt nine worlds

August 8, 2026•5 min read

modern-design-playground: I left agents running for ten hours and they rebuilt nine worlds

I shipped waynesville.yourzaxbys.com as a Next.js 16 + Convex + Clerk single-store portal for 424 Russ Ave: public events/careers/community out front, live shift metrics, Steritech CAPs, hiring, training, and attendance behind the door. Package 0.1.0, 235 commits, HEAD c9f97b7. Not the franchise SaaS sibling.

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The National NC: live NC news feeds before the bias AI ships

August 8, 2026•3 min read

The National NC: live NC news feeds before the bias AI ships

TheNationalNC ships live RSS before the bias-AI story: real feeds on the page, model claims parked until the pipes work.

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s12.in: I shipped a short domain that tracks clicks and hosts files

August 8, 2026•4 min read

s12.in: I shipped a short domain that tracks clicks and hosts files

s12.in is a private HurleyUS shortener + file host on Next 16.1.6, Convex, and Clerk with geo/device click recording and a 302 redirect spine. HEAD d6c074f; hero stats are still static JSX; Clerk on the observed deploy is pk_test.

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MerchWinner: I shipped a POD course marketplace before the catalog had courses

August 8, 2026•3 min read

MerchWinner: I shipped a POD course marketplace before the catalog had courses

I shipped MerchWinner as a POD course marketplace on Next.js + Convex + Clerk + Stripe: catalog, checkout, and course rails in one stack, not a Google Sheet.

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iLeague.golf: I built Patreon meets 18Birdies for golf creators — and left Clerk on pk_test

August 8, 2026•4 min read

iLeague.golf: I built Patreon meets 18Birdies for golf creators — and left Clerk on pk_test

iLeague.golf is the HurleyUS golf creator platform: Patreon-meets-18Birdies with Stripe tiers and a fifteen percent fee. Distinct from the iTour national tour lander.

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hurleyus.com: I shipped the parent site as a performance-pay membership lander

August 8, 2026•2 min read

hurleyus.com: I shipped the parent site as a performance-pay membership lander

HurleyUS.com is live as a membership-growth revenue partner lander for private and resort golf clubs — Next.js 16, Resend, Sentry, optional Convex — after an A/B flip that kept HomeA.

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GetFarmin: I scaffolded a farm equipment marketplace with escrow math first

August 8, 2026•4 min read

GetFarmin: I scaffolded a farm equipment marketplace with escrow math first

I scaffolded GetFarmin as a Next.js farm-equipment marketplace with Convex listings and Clerk: tractor/implement catalog path, not a $49 SaaS seat. Honest about Connect onboarding still unfinished.

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EverythingMonetized: I built a parody LMS where course bros sell courses about selling courses

August 8, 2026•4 min read

EverythingMonetized: I built a parody LMS where course bros sell courses about selling courses

I shipped EverythingMonetized.com, a Next.js 16 + Convex parody LMS with 5 AI course-bro personas, 10 absurd courses, admin CRUD, and a purchase flow that admits nothing ships, then left the live catalog at Showing 0 of 0 because Convex never got seeded on Vercel.

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DJ Side Three: WNC wedding DJ funnel after cutting Clerk

August 8, 2026•3 min read

DJ Side Three: WNC wedding DJ funnel after cutting Clerk

djsidethree.com is a purple Next.js wedding-DJ landing with $500 / $1,200 / $1,500 packages, Convex inquiry, and an admin board. Feb 27 ripped Clerk, Turnstile, and Sentry to kill a production 500. Zod, rate limits, and Phosphor stayed.

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Cravees: I built a catering martech agency site with dual pricing honesty

August 8, 2026•4 min read

Cravees: I built a catering martech agency site with dual pricing honesty

I built Cravees, a Next.js 16 + Convex + Clerk catering marketing agency site, with $299-$999 packages on the page and a different Stripe bronze/silver/gold ladder in code. Lead enums, ROI calculator, newsletter double opt-in. Live on www.cravees.com.

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Coordinator: I shipped an API queue control plane before the queue worker existed

August 8, 2026•4 min read

Coordinator: I shipped an API queue control plane before the queue worker existed

CoordinatorApp is an API queue control plane on Next.js + Convex: jobs, workers, and status you can operate, not a package demo.

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Convex NextFaster: I swapped Neon for a Convex e-commerce template before the demo store existed

August 8, 2026•1 min read

Convex NextFaster: I swapped Neon for a Convex e-commerce template before the demo store existed

I took NextFaster PPR/prefetch DNA, ripped out Neon/Drizzle storefront pages, and shipped a public Convex + Clerk + Stripe + Sentry + PostHog + Resend e-commerce template with ~1.1k lines of Convex schema/mutations and a marketing homepage that still links to a /products route that does not exist yet.

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Citation Manager: I built an Uberall competitor with 958 directories — and left auth on three stacks

August 8, 2026•4 min read

Citation Manager: I built an Uberall competitor with 958 directories — and left auth on three stacks

HurleyUS/citation-manager is an Uberall-framed local listings SaaS with a real 958-row directories.json registry, Convex schema, and 83 commits to HEAD 78e9fb1. Pack-day probe: citation-manager-pi.vercel.app returns 500 MIDDLEWARE_INVOCATION_FAILED.

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BreazyApp pocket PEO draft pack

August 8, 2026•1 min read

BreazyApp pocket PEO draft pack

Next.js 16 + Convex + Clerk pocket PEO for chain restaurants. Four portals, live waitlist, field protection, billing UI without stripe package. HEAD 2402b35.

Bar-B-Que Wagon: I built a Bryson City Main Street smokehouse site

August 8, 2026•4 min read

Bar-B-Que Wagon: I built a Bryson City Main Street smokehouse site

Bar-B-Que Wagon is a Next 16 / Bun / Convex / Resend smokehouse site for 610 Main St, Bryson City, with Zod catering leads and Yelp plates in the repo. Live on barbquewagoncom.vercel.app; apex DNS still dark; thirty-eight commits through the Aug 8 robots header.

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Appalachian Estate Sales: I rebuilt the Elementor site in Next before the gallery existed

August 8, 2026•3 min read

Appalachian Estate Sales: I rebuilt the Elementor site in Next before the gallery existed

Appalachian Estate Sales is a private Next.js 16.1.7 + Convex + Resend rebuild (HEAD 7a87d72, 24 commits) with seven routes and live lead capture on www.appestatesales.com. Previous/Upcoming still embed Facebook; README still says Convex/Resend are coming soon.

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SantaBox.org: I rebuilt a BestWNC copy-paste into a Christmas charity lootbox platform

August 8, 2026•3 min read

SantaBox.org: I rebuilt a BestWNC copy-paste into a Christmas charity lootbox platform

SantaBox.org is a Next.js 16 + Convex + Clerk + Stripe Christmas gift-box charity rebuilt from a BestWNC directory copy-paste into a donate/wishlist/partner stack. Feb 13 deleted fabricated nonprofit logos before they became a liability. HEAD 67712cb.

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shipthing: I named it for shipping rates and shipped a contacts spine instead

August 8, 2026•3 min read

shipthing: I named it for shipping rates and shipped a contacts spine instead

ShipThing is the public michaelmonetized/shipthing spine: Next 16.1.1, Clerk, Convex contacts, Resend lead mail, Sentry, PostHog, and proxy.ts. Thirty-nine commits; HEAD 9f91d97. PLAN.md still lists unchecked USPS/UPS/FedEx boxes.

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mission-control: I built a p10k Go TUI for the whole portfolio — not the agent thread plane

August 8, 2026•2 min read

mission-control: I built a p10k Go TUI for the whole portfolio — not the agent thread plane

Mission Control is the public Go Bubble Tea mc TUI for Vercel, git, Swift, and GitHub across a local portfolio, separate from Hurley Mission Control's Convex human|agent plane. Phase 1 is the local strip; Phase 2 scaffolds metered Fly VMs and BYO Claude without claiming the other product's name.

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iTour.golf: I rewrote the national creator-tour lander for May 2027 — production still serves the 2026 fake season

June 22, 2026•5 min read

iTour.golf: I rewrote the national creator-tour lander for May 2027 — production still serves the 2026 fake season

iTour.golf is the HurleyUS national golf creator tour, separate from the iLeague creator platform. Repo HEAD markets a 36-week 2027 season; live www still shows a 2026 story. No Stripe in the web package.

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Kitchen: I built a cloud project store where files are rows and disk is a Mirror — no git

June 22, 2026•1 min read

Kitchen: I built a cloud project store where files are rows and disk is a Mirror — no git

Kitchen is a public Next 16.2.9 + Convex + Clerk + Mirror project store (HEAD 97bec56, 34 commits, web 0.1.0) aimed at live sync without git ceremony verbs. Marketing routes return 200; discover/vision/mission still 404 and the working tree is dirty.

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Codefolio: I shipped a GitHub-sync portfolio SaaS with 4k lines of specs — and claimed a domain that isn't mine

June 22, 2026•3 min read

Codefolio: I shipped a GitHub-sync portfolio SaaS with 4k lines of specs — and claimed a domain that isn't mine

Private michaelmonetized/codefolio is a Next.js 16 + Clerk + Convex developer portfolio platform: /:username public pages, resume, dashboard analytics, Free/$9 Pro/$29 Team. Three commits. Marketing OG points at codefolio.dev, which currently serves someone else's portfolio. HEAD c499a72.

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HustlePay: guest claim tokens before the framework adapters stopped being TODOs

June 22, 2026•1 min read

HustlePay: guest claim tokens before the framework adapters stopped being TODOs

Private michaelmonetized/hustlepay is auth-agnostic Stripe + Convex payments glue. One nightly commit shipped hp_guest_sessions claim tokens, Pay/ClaimAccount in @core, and seven hp_* tables — while @hustlepay/react still exports VERSION only.

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hustlechat.com: Intercom-alt lander that claims Convex with no Convex dep

June 22, 2026•1 min read

hustlechat.com: Intercom-alt lander that claims Convex with no Convex dep

Private Next 16 live-chat marketing shell — Free/$0 · Teams $8 · Premium $18 · Enterprise $28 vs Intercom $74+/Drift $2,500+/Crisp $25+. Copy says powered by Convex; package.json has next/react only. Fake @hustlechat/* SDKs, github.com/hustlechat 404, app/cdn NXDOMAIN. Live hustlechat.com is GoDaddy parkweb (/lander). Demo ChatWidget is setState. 3 commits. HEAD a570134.

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Canaveral: Bun TanStack Start launch pad — web, Electron, Expo, Caddy

May 14, 2026•1 min read

Canaveral: Bun TanStack Start launch pad — web, Electron, Expo, Caddy

Canaveral is a private HurleyUS Bun monorepo launch pad (TanStack Start web, Electron, Expo, shared) with in-repo Caddy at canaveral.localhost:5337 and a ten-check freview gate. HEAD df2c041; eleven commits; AGENTS.md still oversells the Biome to house to freview path while package.json lint is oxlint-only.

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HurleyUS Agent SOP: Ship or shut up, OpenClaw memory layers, DHH gstack mandate

March 31, 2026•3 min read

HurleyUS Agent SOP: Ship or shut up, OpenClaw memory layers, DHH gstack mandate

Public single-file AGENT_SOP.md (548 lines, v1.0, HEAD c418e5e, 2 commits) for HurleyUS agents: Ship or shut up, ~/.openclaw/workspace memory layers, hard rules, Graphite/send-agent, plus PR #2 DHH research-first + gstack + deploy discipline. Docs-only; distinct from hurley-mission-control.

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resendld: OpenClaw Resend inbound daemon — poll, hooks/agent, Caddy UI

March 27, 2026•2 min read

resendld: OpenClaw Resend inbound daemon — poll, hooks/agent, Caddy UI

Public michaelmonetized/resend-listening-daemon (resendld 0.0.0-rc.0, HEAD 4fbec17, 46 commits): Bun daemon polls Resend /emails/receiving every 5s via pure fetch, stores markdown under ~/.openclaw/workspace/mail/, dispatches to OpenClaw /hooks/agent (cron fallback), with Convex + TanStack Start web at https://resendld.localhost via Caddy. install.sh covers macOS+Arch; afternoon of resend-cli PATH hell before zero-CLI.

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codemail: mail.config.ts founder email — per-domain, not per-seat

March 26, 2026•1 min read

codemail: mail.config.ts founder email — per-domain, not per-seat

Private michaelmonetized/codemail: Turborepo mail stack where mail.config.ts is law (Convex + Clerk + Resend + Fly SMTP + Next web mail/dashboard). Pricing Free Forever BYO keys / $8 Simple / $80 Managed. README still lists IMAP; PLAN marks IMAP out of MVP. Live codemail-web.vercel.app 200; codemail.vercel.app 500. 27 commits. HEAD e9fece4.

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milkup: TipTap+Convex WYSIWYG that still ships a Milkdown README

March 25, 2026•2 min read

milkup: TipTap+Convex WYSIWYG that still ships a Milkdown README

Public michaelmonetized/milkup: same-day 9-commit arc (2026-03-25). Milkdown+Convex POC → mock strip → TipTap WYSIWYG + Convex listMedia → React19/Next14.2 CVE pin → Next16 → Opus QA deletes milkdown-video-plugin. README still markets Next15/Milkdown/MOCK_MEDIA/!video[](). HEAD 45fb587. Video insert is ![Video](url). No upload mutations.

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simple: Next.js 16 Firebase auth starter — social login, keep-Firebase decision

March 23, 2026•1 min read

simple: Next.js 16 Firebase auth starter — social login, keep-Firebase decision

Public michaelmonetized/simple: Next 16 + React 19 Firebase Auth/Firestore starter — email+password, Twitter/Facebook/Google connect, AuthProvider, CRUD helpers, clamp spacing + Catppuccin tokens. Launch-week: CVE bumps, security headers, console strip, docs keep-Firebase vs Convex. HEAD da7e0b0 · 10 commits. Vercel homepage DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND; create-next-app README; login page still named RegisterPage.

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hurley-mission-control: I put humans and agents in the same thread model

March 22, 2026•3 min read

hurley-mission-control: I put humans and agents in the same thread model

Hurley Mission Control is the Convex + Clerk + Next plane where users.kind is human|agent. Deliveries, idempotent sends, 2s poll. Not the Go TUI. Not mission-control-os. Daemon still stubs.

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stripe-convex: I shipped a Theo-compliant Stripe+Convex library — and never published the package

March 20, 2026•3 min read

stripe-convex: I shipped a Theo-compliant Stripe+Convex library — and never published the package

Public michaelmonetized/stripe-convex is a TypeScript Stripe + Convex payment library (email-indexed sc_* tables, cart/coupons, Pay/AddToCart/Checkout/Has, 19 webhook events, Theo sync/portal helpers). package.json 0.1.0 with a release workflow and README version badge, yet zero GitHub Releases and registry 404; LICENSE still says Michael Shilman. HEAD 22e099e (PR #13). 11 commits.

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launchpad: NYE 2024 Hustle Launch boilerplate — README stack, unwired providers

February 6, 2026•2 min read

launchpad: NYE 2024 Hustle Launch boilerplate — README stack, unwired providers

Public michaelmonetized/launchpad is the NYE 2024 Hustle Launch premier-framework claim (Next 15 + shadcn + Clerk/Convex/PostHog providers + Resend /api/send) while app/page.tsx is still Create Next App, providers never mount in layout, no convex/ folder, Stripe unused except Theo STRIPE.md, and launchpad.hustlelaunch.com is NXDOMAIN. 8 commits. HEAD 5447591.

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iLeague-app: the generic influencer monorepo before the golf rebrand

February 4, 2026•2 min read

iLeague-app: the generic influencer monorepo before the golf rebrand

Public HurleyUS/ileague-app is the Jan 9 2026 Bun monorepo (Next.js 15 + Expo 52 + Convex + Clerk + Stripe Connect) for a generic influencer/fan league platform (violet #7c3aed, isInfluencer schema, gaming-to-lifestyle categories). HEAD 7af9d80 (Feb 4) wires mobile leagues to Convex and adds eas.json; www.ileague.app is Coming Soon static, distinct from ileague.golf.

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