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Every resource founders actually use, in one library.

The essays, videos, podcasts, books and tools behind every answer across eChai's hubs, from starting up to go-to-market, D2C, founder money and AI, each with a note on why it is here.

What founders use most, ranked by how many answers lean on it.

  1. What to learn, in what order, when AI writes the code. dev.to Guide · How Founders Use AI Learning to code in the AI era: your survival guide DEV Community
  2. A learner's honest diary of mixing AI help with fundamentals. dev.to Article · How Founders Use AI How I'm learning to code in the AI age DEV Community
  3. Ask AI 'why' questions, not 'how' questions: the technique explained. medium.com Article · How Founders Use AI How to learn coding in the AI era: smart ways for beginners Bootcamp (Medium)
  4. The free path if you decide to go deeper than prompting. freecodecamp.org Guide · How Founders Use AI AI engineering roadmap freeCodeCamp
  5. A $0 learning stack that replaces a paid bootcamp. nxcode.io Guide · How Founders Use AI How to learn to code with AI: the free beginner's guide NxCode
  6. The billion-software-creators thesis unpacked. digidai.github.io Article · How Founders Use AI Amjad Masad: Replit's $3B AI coding platform (deep analysis) DigiDai
  7. Proof of how far you can get with concepts but no syntax. medium.com Article · How Founders Use AI Claude Code for non-coders (by a non-coder) Kevin J. Andrews
  8. Sets realistic expectations for the no-code-background founder. buildtolaunch.substack.com Article · How Founders Use AI What is Claude Code? The non-developer's honest answer Build to Launch
  9. Non-software uses that build your machine-collaboration muscles. redblink.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Claude Code for non-developers: everyday AI workflows guide RedBlink
  10. The single most convincing data point for the category. techcrunch.com Article · How Founders Use AI 6-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash TechCrunch
  11. The full backstory: bootstrapped, under 10 people, sole shareholder. calcalistech.com Article · How Founders Use AI Vibe coding fever: solo entrepreneur's Base44 acquired by Wix CTech (Calcalist)
  12. The acquirer's own strategic rationale, in primary-source form. wix.com Article · How Founders Use AI Wix press release: acquisition of Base44 Wix
  13. The deal economics, unit by unit. getlatka.com Article · How Founders Use AI Base44 acquired for $80M on $3.5M revenue, a 22x multiple GetLatka
  14. The human cost of the solo AI-founder route, told honestly. calcalistech.com Article · How Founders Use AI 'Yes, absolutely I felt lonely': Base44 founder on the solo path CTech (Calcalist)
  15. A tactical timeline you can benchmark your own build against. intro.co Article · How Founders Use AI How Base44 got acquired in 500 days Intro
  16. Solo, no employees, AI-built products: the revenue proof. levels.io Article · How Founders Use AI I hit a new $420,000/mo revenue record Pieter Levels
  17. Revenue milestones with headcount: 45 people at $100M ARR. getlatka.com Article · How Founders Use AI How Lovable hit $100M revenue in 8 months GetLatka
  18. A concrete, copyable customer-acquisition playbook. x.com Thread · How Founders Use AI How to grow your vibe-coded SaaS with creators + YouTube Greg Isenberg
  19. The updated numbers a year on, with playbook extraction. startupriders.com Article · How Founders Use AI Lovable's growth playbook: 0 to $400M ARR in 14 months Startup Riders
  20. The launch post for the most complete prompt-to-App-Store path. blog.replit.com Article · How Founders Use AI Mobile Apps on Replit: idea to App Store in minutes Replit
  21. The official how-to, including TestFlight submission. docs.replit.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Building mobile apps (Replit docs) Replit
  22. What real users shipped, straight from the product team. blog.replit.com Article · How Founders Use AI Building mobile apps on Replit: case study + inside look Replit
  23. The framework powering it explains the pipeline. expo.dev Article · How Founders Use AI From idea to app with Replit and Expo Expo
  24. The sober market data before you bet on a niche tool. techcrunch.com Article · How Founders Use AI Dedicated mobile apps for vibe coding have so far failed to gain traction TechCrunch

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Starting Up Find an idea, validate it, build, and land your first customers. 1046 questions GTM Go-to-market, from breaking in to how the best teams do it. 352 questions D2C Building a direct-to-consumer brand, India-first. 482 questions Wealth Paying yourself, ESOPs, secondaries, and de-risking founder wealth. 154 questions How Founders Use AI How founders actually put AI to work, mapped topic by topic. 278 questions Glossary Plain-language definitions of the startup and VC terms you'll hit. 390 terms
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