Maik Frank

IntelliCoach Courses

Building a Course Platform
at the Speed of Thought

A platform I manage entirely through AI, where a new product goes from vision to live in a day. This is my journey of building it, shared openly.

alphaGoal: July 25, 2026Where are we now?

What

This is my public roadmap. It tracks a real experiment where I'm building an entire course platform with AI, sharing every step openly.

Why

I want to build something remarkable. The journey matters as much as the outcome. I'm sharing openly, starting a conversation, figuring out what nobody has figured out yet.

Who

I'm Maik Frank, German, living in Singapore for 20 years. Leadership coach, father of four, with a background in IT, HR, and risk. 2,000+ coaching hours and an eternal experimenter.

The BeginningVersion 1.0
NOW
Build day 78 · Updated dailyGoal: July 25, 2026

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Build Log

What happened each day: the decisions, the surprises, the learnings.

Version 2026.3.92 remains terminal source evidence after review exposed a first-install assumption: production may correctly have neither a resource-delivery worker nor its compose overlay before promotion. Version 2026.3.93 accepts that exact absent baseline, verifies an existing worker against its pinned image and health, proves the candidate overlay can add the worker, and preserves the prior state for rollback. This changes release and bootstrap controls, not application behavior. Production remains unchanged until explicit promotion.

How I Did It

I made qualification reflect both valid production states and kept it read-only before the candidate build.

CodexDocker ComposeRelease contracts

Lesson learned:

A first installation must not be judged against a post-install state. Qualification should prove bootstrap and rollback without changing the target.

Full changelog for v2026.3.100

45
Milestones Done
78
Build Day
2,000+
Coaching Hours Behind This
1 coach + 1 AI
The Entire Team

The Roadmap

Eight phases from first idea to Version 1.0. Here's the plan.

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Making It Feel Like IntelliCoach

upcoming

Brand identity, multilingual support, installable as an app on your phone.

5 steps
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Earning Your Trust

upcoming

GDPR compliance, privacy policies, security hardening.

2 steps
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Your Personal Learning Space

upcoming

User accounts, purchase history, personal dashboard.

3 steps
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Products That Keep Getting Better

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Free previews, version history, lifetime updates, testimonials.

4 steps
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Staying Connected

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Email marketing, update notifications, contact and support.

4 steps
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Running the Show

upcoming

Admin portal for managing products, users, and content.

4 steps
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Real Courses, Real Learning

upcoming

Full LMS with modules, lessons, quizzes, and progress tracking.

4 steps
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Your AI Coaching Companion

upcoming

AI coaches per product, community comments, intelligent support.

4 steps

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

My dad, probably quoting someone else