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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro: Day 2 of the 5-day build challenge
00:34 How I start new projects in 2026
01:13 Better T Stack: the AI-first scaffolder
01:33 Frontend: TanStack Start + Expo
03:07 Backend: Hono, no vendor lock-in
04:12 Database: MongoDB + Mongoose
05:30 Auth: Better Auth, the next-auth successor
05:57 Payments: Polar over Stripe
07:54 Bun, Fumadocs, Biome, WXT
09:07 MCPs, Skills, Ultracite (AI-first scaffolding)
10:01 Running the interactive scaffolder
14:09 Bonus: Portless from Vercel
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