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+# Side Hustle PRD — Iron Legion Templates
+
+> **Goal:** Earn first $1,000 in 30 days selling digital templates derived from Iron Legion infrastructure.
+> **Time budget:** 1h/day M–F, up to 4h Sat/Sun (18h/week max).
+> **No audience required.** Cold traffic via Reddit + Discord.
+
+---
+
+## Path A: "Iron Stack Blueprint" — $149
+
+### What You Are Selling
+Your swarm topology decisions as a deployable reference for homelabers: sanitized compose files, network diagram, port allocation table, AdGuard → Technitium forwarding logic, and the "deploy in this exact order or it breaks" decision tree. Homelabers fail at the intersection of DNS, reverse proxy, and monitoring — you solved it.
+
+### Why It Sells
+- Homelab subreddit has 2M+ members. Every week someone posts: *"What do you use for reverse proxy + DNS + monitoring?"* You hand them the answer for $149.
+- No config is unique, but the *sequence* matters. You documented the exact order that prevents port 53 collisions, socket permission errors, and DNS forwarding loops.
+
+### 30-Day Math
+7 sales × $149 = **$1,043**
+
+### 48-Hour Path to First Sale
+| Hour | Action |
+|------|--------|
+| 0–2 | Sanitize compose files to generic hostnames, placeholder env vars |
+| 2–4 | Write "Why This Order Matters" PDF — 20 pages max |
+| 4–6 | Commander review + revise |
+| 6–8 | Package on Gumroad with Stripe connect |
+| 8–10 | Record 2-min Loom walkthrough of the stack running |
+| 10–12 | Post in r/homelab "Show Your Stack" Saturday thread + 3 Discord servers |
+
+---
+
+## Path B: "Fleet Bootstrap Toolkit" — $99
+
+### What You Are Selling
+Your ansible-pull CI/CD pattern as a standalone template: systemd auto-update timers, node-join wrapper scripts, Docker Engine provisioning playbook, and the "add a new node in 10 minutes" checklist.
+
+### Why It Sells
+- Any nerd with 2+ boxes manually updates everything and knows they should automate.
+- The playbook exists. You need only remove Iron Legion-specific tokens and add a 1-page "replace these 5 variables" header.
+
+### 30-Day Math
+11 sales × $99 = **$1,089**
+
+### 48-Hour Path to First Sale
+| Hour | Action |
+|------|--------|
+| 0–2 | Extract ansible-pull patterns. Generic hostnames, placeholder vars |
+| 2–4 | Build "Fleet Bootstrap README" — Debian → auto-updating node in 30 min |
+| 4–6 | Commander review + revise |
+| 6–8 | Package on Gumroad with Stripe connect |
+| 8–10 | Create before/after architecture diagram |
+| 10–12 | Drop in r/sysadmin "What do you use for config management?" threads |
+
+---
+
+## Execution Schedule
+
+### Week 1 — Build (Tue–Sun, ~8h)
+- Tue: Sanitize Path A configs + draft PDF skeleton
+- Wed: PDF content + Commander review
+- Thu: Revise PDF + Gumroad setup
+- Fri: Screencast + product page copy
+- Sat: Post in r/homelab + 3 Discord servers
+- Sun: Monitor first 24h, answer comments, DMs
+
+### Weeks 2–4 — Promote (~1h/day, 4h weekends)
+- M–F: Answer one question on r/homelab or r/selfhosted. Mention the Blueprint only if relevant (no spam).
+- Sat: Record a short "tip" video (5 min) based on a question you answered. Drop link in comments.
+- Sun: Check sales, iterate product page if under 1% click-to-buy.
+
+---
+
+## Revenue Checkpoints
+
+| Day | Checkpoint | Action if Missed |
+|-----|-----------|----------------|
+| 7 | ≥2 sales | Keep going. If 0, pivot positioning or subreddit |
+| 14 | ≥4 sales | On track. Consider "Bundle both for $199" tier |
+| 21 | ≥6 sales | Healthy. Start Path B if bandwidth allows |
+| 30 | ≥7 sales (A) or ≥11 (B) | Milestone hit — evaluate update tier ($19/mo) |
+
+---
+
+## Content Checklist
+
+### Path A: Iron Stack Blueprint
+- [ ] Sanitized compose files (Traefik, AdGuard, Technitium, Prometheus, Beszel, Portainer, Homepage)
+- [ ] Port allocation table (reserved + why)
+- [ ] Deploy order decision tree (with rollback steps)
+- [ ] DNS forwarding chain diagram (Technitium → AdGuard → upstream)
+- [ ] "Common failure modes" appendix (port collision, socket permissions, label constraints)
+- [ ] 2-min Loom walkthrough
+
+### Path B: Fleet Bootstrap Toolkit
+- [ ] Ansible-pull playbook (generic)
+- [ ] Node-join wrapper script
+- [ ] Systemd timer templates (auto-update + health check)
+- [ ] Docker Engine provisioning playbook
+- [ ] "Add node in 10 min" checklist
+- [ ] Before/after architecture diagram
+
+---
+
+## Notes
+- All content derived from live Iron Legion fleet. Sanitized before publication per Commander approval.
+- One-and-done digital products. No support obligation. Optional $19/mo update tier if demand confirmed.
+- Payment: Stripe via Gumroad. No business entity required.
+
+*Drafted by Artemis. Subject to Commander review and sign-off before build.*