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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. See how these builders work under the hood, free and open. github.com Tool · How Founders Use AI vibra-code: open-source AI app builder for mobile sa4hnd (GitHub)
  2. The most-watched mobile vibe-coding educator, constantly updated. youtube.com Video · How Founders Use AI Riley Brown's channel: mobile vibe coding tutorials Riley Brown
  3. A concise third-party summary of the Replit mobile flow. newly.app Guide · How Founders Use AI Replit Agent mobile app guide Newly
  4. A respected ML engineer teaches Git specifically for AI-first builders. jxnl.co Guide · How Founders Use AI Version control for the vibe coder (part 1) Jason Liu
  5. Branching and recovery patterns for agent-heavy workflows. jxnl.co Guide · How Founders Use AI Version control for the vibe coder (part 2) Jason Liu
  6. A non-engineer explains only the 20% of Git you need. deepakness.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Git and GitHub for vibe coders Deepak Ness
  7. Commits, branches, and rollbacks in fifteen minutes. cuong.io Article · How Founders Use AI A Git primer for vibe coding Cuong (Code Centre)
  8. The checkpoint-before-every-AI-run habit, drilled in. kdnuggets.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Git for vibe coders KDnuggets
  9. Written for exactly the moment after your first lost afternoon. robertmarshall.dev Article · How Founders Use AI Git for vibe coders: never lose your code again Rob Marshall
  10. Zero-jargon introduction if 'repository' still sounds scary. questera.ai Guide · How Founders Use AI Version control for non-developers: Git basics Questera
  11. The common disasters and the one-line commands that undo them. medium.com Article · How Founders Use AI Git for vibe coders: a beginner's survival guide Mark Chen
  12. Why agents making 20 edits per minute demand frequent commits. appblueprint.substack.com Article · How Founders Use AI Git for vibe coders: stop losing your code App Blueprint
  13. Adds the security angle: history also shows what the AI changed. petronellatech.com Article · How Founders Use AI Git for vibe coders: version control when AI writes code Petronella
  14. Pairs version control with keeping API keys out of your repo. zackproser.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Vibe coding survival guide: secrets and Git basics for Cursor-first builders Zack Proser
  15. Two-way sync means your code is always backed up off-platform. docs.lovable.dev Guide · How Founders Use AI Sync your Lovable project with GitHub Lovable
  16. Own your code so you can switch tools or hire help anytime. encited.com Guide · How Founders Use AI How to export your Lovable project to GitHub (with screenshots) Encited
  17. What breaks sync (renames, transfers) and how to avoid it. vanbeaumond.nl Guide · How Founders Use AI Lovable GitHub integration: two-way sync and collaboration Van Beaumond
  18. Escape-hatch instructions every platform user should bookmark. vibefactory.ai Guide · How Founders Use AI Export your Lovable project: free migration guide VibeFactory
  19. Troubleshoots the connection when the one-click path fails. rapidevelopers.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Enabling GitHub integration in Lovable RapidDev
  20. Full version control with buttons instead of a terminal. docs.github.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Getting started with GitHub Desktop GitHub
  21. A guided first commit for people who have never used Git. codecademy.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Getting started with Git and GitHub Desktop Codecademy
  22. Hard survey data on the shift: 35% of teams already replaced a bought tool with a built one, 78% plan to build more. retool.com Article · How Founders Use AI The Build vs. Buy Shift: AI, Shadow IT, and the SaaS Replacement Era Retool
  23. The clearest framing of why non-engineers building their own software is a structural change, not a fad. a16z.com Article · How Founders Use AI Software's YouTube Moment is Happening Now Anish Acharya (a16z)
  24. A VC who funds both sides argues out loud where SaaS survives and where custom AI tools eat it. a16z.com Podcast · How Founders Use AI Anish Acharya: Is SaaS Dead in a World of AI? a16z

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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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