11 Marks in this vertical
Backend discipline. Observability, failure buckets, treasury, status — the kingdom's machine room. Most of these you should never see.
The Foundation
Auth, schema, RLS posture. The first stone of the kingdom.
The Gate
Email magic-link auth + COPPA-aware DOB capture for minors.
The Compass
Server-side analytics — typed event union, PostHog backbone.
The Chorus
Parent consent flow for minors. COPPA-clean teacher access.
The Vault
Founder-only ops dashboard. Revenue, cohorts, recent incidents.
The Beacon
/api/health endpoint + Watchtower probe scaffolding.
The Watchtower
Bucketed failure detection across Anthropic / Stripe / Resend / Supabase / Redis / ElevenLabs.
The Scheduler
Cron infrastructure with CRON_SECRET auth + telemetry envelope.
The Ledger (Catalyst)
/vault/catalyst — founder ops surface for the viral loop.
The Treasury
Provider runway dashboard. Anthropic + ElevenLabs + Stripe MRR snapshots.
The Beacon
Public status page driven off Watchtower. All 6 services + bucketed failure codes.