For technical founders

MVP in days, handoff pack ready for your first hire.

You can write code. That is not your constraint. Your constraint is time — every week you spend wiring auth, CI, migrations, and admin panels is a week you are not talking to customers. Archiet skips that phase. The ZIP includes the full architecture pack so when you hire, the code is already legible.

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Why founders use it

MVP velocity without compounding tech debt

A code generator that stops at 'it compiles' creates debt by month three. Archiet's handoff pack travels with the code so every decision is explained when you return six weeks later and can't remember why something is wired a particular way.

Your first engineering hire is productive on day one

ADRs explain why Postgres + why SQLAlchemy + why JWT httpOnly cookies. Traceability matrix shows which file implements each user story. Mermaid diagrams render in GitHub. A competent engineer onboards in half a day instead of a week.

Ready for investor diligence

When the YC partner asks to see architecture docs during your Demo Day prep, you open `docs/decisions/` and `docs/diagrams/`. No frantic deck-building. No pretending you have 'architecture' when you mean 'a repo full of code'.

Pick the stack you can hire for

Flask + Next.js + shadcn — proven stack, easy to hire for, sensible defaults (Builder tier, $149/mo).
FastAPI + Next.js — if your app is I/O-bound or needs async for background work.
Django + Next.js — if you want the admin panel and batteries-included patterns.
NestJS + Next.js — single-language TypeScript front-to-back if your team leans frontend.
Laravel + Next.js — PHP teams or rapid prototyping with Eloquent + queues + artisan.
12 stacks total — pick the one you can hire for locally.

The hire-handoff timeline

Day one: hire reads docs/README.md (20 minutes), then docs/decisions/INDEX.md (30 minutes). Onboarding time: half a day, not a week.
Week one: hire contributes code. Traceability matrix shows where each feature lives; they don't spend days just figuring out the codebase.
Month one: you avoid the usual 'the founder knew something that never got written down' tax. Every material decision is in the ADR folder.
Month six: if you raise, the architecture narrative for the pitch deck is already documented. Pull quotes straight from the ADRs.

Builder tier is $149/mo. Pro is $599/mo.

Both include the full handoff pack. Builder caps at 2 blueprints; Pro is unlimited. Free plan doesn't need a credit card — try it with one of your real product ideas before you commit.

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