About this video

• Video Title: How to Build Full-Stack AI SaaS with Claude Code (Tutorial)
• Channel: Leon van Zyl
• Speakers: Leon van Zyl
• Duration: 00:08:21

Overview

This video introduces a tutorial series on building production-ready AI SaaS applications using coding agents like Claude Code. It showcases a demo application called "Room Prompt," an AI-powered web app that allows users to reimagine spaces in their homes by uploading images and using AI prompts. The tutorial will cover integrating features like user authentication, AI image generation with a credit system, payment processing, customer portals, admin dashboards, and analytics, all generated with Claude Code.

Key takeaways

• SaaS Development with AI: The series focuses on building real-world, production-ready AI SaaS applications using coding agents, differentiating from tutorials that create only basic, non-deployable applications.
• Room Prompt App Demo: A core example application, "Room Prompt," is showcased. It enables users to upload images of their spaces and use AI to reimagine them (e.g., changing furniture, paint colors).
• Key Features: The application will incorporate Google authentication, AI image generation with a credit system, Stripe payment processing, a customer portal with invoice downloads, an admin dashboard with role-based access, and web/product analytics via PostHog.
• Ingest Workflow Management: The tutorial will utilize the Ingest platform for managing long-running AI processes, allowing for restarts and automatic retries in case of failures, addressing a common pain point in AI application development.
• Payment Processing with Polar: The application will use Polar for payment processing, a more globally available alternative to Stripe, integrating seamlessly with the credit system for purchasing more credits.
• Admin Dashboard Functionality: A role-based admin dashboard will be implemented, allowing administrators to manage platform settings, products, pricing, and view customer analytics.
• Open Source Tools: The video emphasizes the use of open-source platforms like Ingest, Polar, and PostHog, highlighting the option for self-hosting to reduce costs, especially for MVPs.

The platform used for managing long-running AI processes is Ingest.

Its benefits include:

• Visibility: Seeing these long-running processes.
• Restartability: The ability to restart a process if it goes wrong.
• Automatic Retries: Functionality to automatically retry a process if it fails.