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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=2400, height=1260">
<title>Have an App Idea? Here's Where to Start - Cover</title>
<style>
/* Use the site's bundled fonts so the cover renders without network access. */
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html, body {
width: 2400px;
height: 1260px;
overflow: hidden;
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font-family: 'Space Grotesk', 'Inter', sans-serif;
position: relative;
}

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position: absolute;
inset: 0;
background-image: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(204,52,45,0.05) 1px, transparent 1px);
background-size: 48px 48px;
pointer-events: none;
}

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position: absolute;
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right: -100px;
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background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(204,52,45,0.10) 0%, transparent 70%);
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position: absolute;
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height: 800px;
left: -100px;
bottom: -100px;
background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(168,85,247,0.09) 0%, transparent 70%);
pointer-events: none;
}

/* === SLOT 1: Brand + Category (top-left) === */
.brand-row {
position: absolute;
top: 80px;
left: 100px;
display: flex;
align-items: baseline;
gap: 16px;
z-index: 10;
}
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text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 0.22em;
color: #7dd0fe;
}

/* === SLOT 2: Year Pill (top-right) === */
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position: absolute;
top: 80px;
right: 100px;
background: #cc342d;
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font-family: 'Space Grotesk', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 34px;
letter-spacing: -0.005em;
padding: 14px 36px;
border-radius: 40px;
z-index: 10;
}

/* === SLOT 3: Headline (mid-left, 3 lines) === */
.hero {
position: absolute;
top: 280px;
left: 100px;
z-index: 10;
max-width: 1400px;
}
.hero-line {
font-family: 'Space Grotesk', sans-serif;
font-weight: 800;
font-size: 180px;
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line-height: 1.05;
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-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
background-clip: text;
}
.hero-line-3 { color: #dfe2eb; font-size: 150px; }

/* === SLOT 4: Ruby Gem SVG (mid-right) === */
.gem-container {
position: absolute;
right: 80px;
top: 240px;
width: 600px;
height: 640px;
z-index: 5;
}
.gem-container svg { width: 100%; height: 100%; }

/* === SLOT 5: Stat Chips (bottom-left, 3 chips) === */
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position: absolute;
bottom: 80px;
left: 100px;
display: flex;
gap: 24px;
z-index: 10;
}
.chip {
background: rgba(28,32,38,0.75);
border-radius: 14px;
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display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 6px;
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font-family: 'Space Grotesk', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
font-size: 30px;
letter-spacing: -0.005em;
color: #dfe2eb;
}

/* === SLOT 6: Status indicator (bottom-right) === */
.status {
position: absolute;
bottom: 80px;
right: 100px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 14px;
z-index: 10;
}
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border-radius: 50%;
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box-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba(34,197,94,0.5);
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font-weight: 600;
font-size: 22px;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 0.20em;
color: rgba(223,226,235,0.70);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="grid-dots"></div>
<div class="glow-ruby"></div>
<div class="glow-purple"></div>

<!-- Slot 1: Brand + Category -->
<div class="brand-row">
<span class="brand-name">JetThoughts</span>
<span class="brand-sep">|</span>
<span class="category">TUTORIAL</span>
</div>

<!-- Slot 2: Year Pill -->
<div class="year-pill">Founder Guide 2026</div>

<!-- Slot 3: Headline -->
<div class="hero">
<div class="hero-line hero-line-1">Have an</div>
<div class="hero-line hero-line-2">App Idea?</div>
<div class="hero-line hero-line-3">Start Here</div>
</div>

<!-- Slot 4: Ruby Gem SVG -->
<div class="gem-container">
<svg viewBox="0 0 400 440" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- Low-poly ruby gem -->
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<stop offset="100%" stop-color="rgba(255,255,255,0)"/>
</linearGradient>
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</svg>
</div>

<!-- Slot 5: Stat Chips -->
<div class="chips-row">
<div class="chip chip-1">
<span class="chip-label">SCOPE</span>
<span class="chip-value">One task</span>
</div>
<div class="chip chip-2">
<span class="chip-label">SKETCH</span>
<span class="chip-value">Three screens</span>
</div>
<div class="chip chip-3">
<span class="chip-label">DATA</span>
<span class="chip-value">Made-up examples</span>
</div>
</div>

<!-- Slot 6: Status -->
<div class="status">
<div class="status-dot"></div>
<span class="status-text">TEST THE TASK</span>
</div>

</body>
</html>
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| Workstream | State | Next step | Entry point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founder app-idea walkthrough (Paul-requested, 2026-09-09) | Unpublished draft: problem interview, one-page concept, rough screens, sample-data demo. No change to the outreach-first priority or course distribution plan | Review the draft PR; publication requires a separate decision | [`Article draft`](content/blog/app-idea-where-to-start/index.md) |
| LinkedIn (peer/authority channel, re-purposed 2026-09-06) | 3 planned posts at 219-332 impressions vs two off-plan text-only posts at 26.7k / 9.7k (96-99% out-of-network, 0 ICP replies). Decision of record: course-link lane STOPPED; rescue lane 1/wk in the viral shape as reach test (verdict 2026-09-30); founder discovery via commenting + calls + referral ask (verdict 2026-09-20); no exhibits on LI posts | Post `bip-vendors` Wed Sep 9 text-only; work the reply drafts in `linkedin-posts/replies/`; make the referral ask | [`content-plan` § Decision of record](linkedin-posts/content-plan.md) · [`metrics-ledger`](linkedin-posts/metrics-ledger.md) |
| 2608 site design system (v2 `/next/` rail) | Paused 2026-08-22 mid-flight; 3 pilots built + voted | Apply the [repositioned pilot copy](docs/projects/2608-site-design-system/20-29-strategy/20.09-repositioned-pilot-copy.md) (2608's own 20.09 — not the content plan); then Paul's 5 decisions | [`2608 README`](docs/projects/2608-site-design-system/README.md) |
| Positioning / homepage offer (2608 niche research + [ADR-0007](docs/adr/0007-homepage-main-offer-and-copy.md)) | **Paused 2026-08-22** — 8 research lanes complete, copy drafted + panel-voted, nothing shipped to the live site; landed on master via [#606](https://github.com/jetthoughts/jetthoughts.github.io/pull/606) | Resume via the HANDOFF — read its corrections first: the staffing constraint was briefed backwards, so every lane's discards need re-reading before acting on a shortlist | [`HANDOFF`](docs/projects/2608-niche-research/HANDOFF.md) |
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**Nothing new blocked on Paul from the 2026-08-28 PM sweep.** Two items stay open and both are MINE, not his: the full external-link crawl has never completed (the local run was SIGTERM'd, so the first real result comes from the `test:links_external` cron added in [#636](https://github.com/jetthoughts/jetthoughts.github.io/pull/636)), and the uncited-posts ratchet counts link PRESENCE rather than attribution, which is how a page carrying 24 unsourced benchmark tables sat green. Both are recorded in [`fabrication-ratchet`](.okf/content/fabrication-ratchet.md).

Last updated: 2026-08-28
Last updated: 2026-09-09
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