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Your Data, Your Machine: How He Built the Local-First CRM That Gives Creators Control
Build to Launch Friday: Meet Finn (again!), the veteran builder who's been shipping since 1976 and still hasn't found a reason to stop
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Every AI Coding Platform Has a Prompting Guide, You Only Need One
The universal framework that works on Claude, Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, and everything else
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Can’t Do Nothing: How She Orchestrated 37 Contributors and 461 Users Into an AI Learning Event for $31
Build to Launch Friday: Meet Elena, the product manager who builds first and rests never
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Stop Juggling AI Tools — How to Build a Second Brain That Actually Works for You
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AI Won’t Replace You: How to Build a Workflow That 10× Your Productivity
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Claude Code for Everyone: From Zero to Your First Project in 30 Minutes
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How to Earn $30K/month Hustling Online
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From Zero to 4,500: My Brutally Honest Year Growing on Substack
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SEO for AI: How to Make Your Product Discoverable by LLMs
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8 Hours to 3,000 Users: How He Built a Viral Year-in-Review That Spotify Tried to Stop
Build to Launch Friday: Meet Alejandro again — the data engineer who turned ego into distribution and shipped a viral hit for less than $10
Jan 2
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From Zero to 4,500: My Brutally Honest Year Growing on Substack
Everything I got wrong, what finally worked, and why I’m still building.
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From Film to Food Tech: How He Shipped His Second iOS App in 8 Days for $124
Build to Launch Friday: Meet Kenny again — the filmmaker who can't stop building, now turning family dim sum drama into a top-rated iPhone app
Dec 19, 2025
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Your Vibe-Coded App Isn’t Production-Ready — Until You Smoke Test It
How to catch brutal bugs, skip the unit test rabbit hole, and ship with real confidence.
Dec 17, 2025
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Build to Exit Strategy: How He's Teaching Builders to Sell Before they Build
Build to Launch Friday: Meet Josh, the digital business builder who shows no-code founders how to validate fast, build smart, and exit before burnout
Dec 12, 2025
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I Didn’t Expect This Prompt to Go Viral. Here’s What It Taught Me.
How 1,765 likes, 188 restacks, and 55 comments exposed the real mechanics of effective prompting.
Dec 10, 2025
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How I Create Consistent Hero Images, And Why I Haven't Switched to NanoBanana
The complete system behind my brand images—from base setup to 10-second automation
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Call for AI Builders: Let’s Get More Eyes on Your Work
I’m expanding build to launch Friday stories to platforms that drive meaningful discovery
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Freedom by Design: How He Lived in 5 Countries and Built the Free Visa Tool He Wished Existed
Build to Launch Friday: Meet Benjamin, the global mobility expert who turned a decade of border-crossing into a free app for everyone else
Nov 14, 2025
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