Field notes archive.
Research notes, field reports and methodology pieces from the DeepFounder team.
Vibe Coding in 2026: Build Entire Apps by Describing What You Want
What Is Vibe Coding? In early 2025, Andrej Karpathy — former Tesla AI director and OpenAI co-founder — tweeted something that resonated with thousands of developers: "There's a new kind of
Devin AI in 2026: What the First AI Software Engineer Actually Delivers
What Is Devin AI? In March 2024, Cognition Labs introduced Devin — marketed as "the first AI software engineer." The demo videos were impressive: an AI that could take a Jira
Agentic RAG: Building AI Systems That Retrieve, Reason, and Act
What Is Agentic RAG (And Why Should You Care)? If you've built anything with AI in the last year, you've probably hit the same wall: your LLM hallucinates,
AI Agent Orchestration in 2026: The Infrastructure Layer No One Talks About
AI Agent Orchestration in 2026: The Infrastructure Layer No One Talks About AI Agent Orchestration in 2026: The Infrastructure Layer No One Talks About While everyone's debating whether AI agents
Building Production-Ready AI Apps with Local Models: A Complete 2026 Guide
The era of sending your sensitive data to distant servers is over. In 2026, the smartest developers are building AI applications that run entirely on their own infrastructure—with models that rival
Vector Search for AI Applications: From SQLite to Production Scale
Vector Search for AI Applications: From SQLite to Production Scale Vector Search for AI Applications: From SQLite to Production Scale Every solopreneur building AI products in 2026 hits the same wall: how
MCP: The Protocol That's Revolutionizing AI Agent Communication in 2026
MCP: The Protocol That's Revolutionizing AI Agent Communication in 2026 If you're building with AI agents in 2026, you've probably hit the same wall every developer
Building in Public: The Solopreneur's Secret to 10x Faster Growth
Building in public turns your development process into your marketing engine. Here's exactly how successful solopreneurs do it in 2026.
How to Build a 0k MRR SaaS in 90 Days: The Solopreneur Blueprint
How to Build a $10k MRR SaaS in 90 Days: The Solopreneur Blueprint Most solopreneurs dream of building a profitable SaaS, but 95% never make it past $1k MRR. After analyzing 47
The Death of the Traditional Startup Accelerator (And What's Replacing It in 2026)
The Death of the Traditional Startup Accelerator (And What's Replacing It in 2026) Y Combinator just announced their smallest batch in five years. Techstars closed three programs. 500 Startups rebranded
The Pomodoro Technique 2.0: How AI-Powered Focus Sessions Are Revolutionizing Solopreneur Productivity
The 25-minute productivity hack that's been around since the 1980s just got an AI upgrade Francesco Cirillo developed the Pomodoro Technique in the late 1980s using nothing but a kitchen
How to Build Your First Paid Newsletter (Real Example + Numbers)
How to Build Your First Paid Newsletter (Real Example + Numbers) Everyone's talking about newsletters being "the new blog," but most creators give up after 3 months because they&