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
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Build day 80 · Updated dailyGoal: July 25, 2026

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Build Log

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

Version 2026.4.108 updates two libraries that had published security advisories. Sign-in now runs on Better Auth 1.7.7, and the content editor's HTML conversion runs on happy-dom 21.0.4. The security scan no longer needs the six temporary exceptions that covered them. Sign-in by email link and by one-time code works as before.

How I Did It

I kept the release to the two library updates and the one sign-in adjustment the new version required, and tested sign-in on staging before production.

Claude CodeOSV-Scanner

Lesson learned:

A security update to a library can change how it stores its own data, so sign-in is tested end to end after every such update. A temporary scanner exception is only finished when the fix lands and the exception is deleted.

Full changelog for v2026.4.108 →

45
Milestones Done
80
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

upcoming

Free previews, version history, lifetime updates, testimonials.

4 steps
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Staying Connected

upcoming

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