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What people are vibe coding (and actually using)
50+ useful/fun/clever examples of what non-technical people are building—to inspire your own vibe-coding journey
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Lenny Rachitsky
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Solo founder, $80M exit, 6 months: The Base44 bootstrapped startup success story | Maor Shlomo
Base44’s founder on bootstrapping to profitability, using AI to write 90% of his code, why he turned down VC money, and signing an acquisition deal as…
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Lenny Rachitsky
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I’ve run 75+ businesses. Here’s why you’re probably chasing the wrong idea. | Andrew Wilkinson (co‑founder of Tiny)
Listen now | Andrew Wilkinson shares how he used AI to replace his assistant, why boring businesses beat sexy ideas, why you need to fish where the fish…
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Lenny Rachitsky
The definitive guide to mastering analytical thinking interviews
A step-by-step playbook to help you ace your PM interviews
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Ben Erez

June 2025

Naming expert shares the process behind creating billion-dollar brand names like Azure, Vercel, Windsurf, Sonos, Blackberry, and Impossible…
From Sonos to Swiffer to BlackBerry to Pentium: Naming expert David Placek shares his 3-step framework for crafting billion-dollar brand names
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Lenny Rachitsky
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An AI glossary
The most common AI terms explained, simply
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Lenny Rachitsky
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From ChatGPT to Instagram to Uber: The quiet architect behind the world’s most popular products | Peter Deng
The product leader who grew Facebook, Uber, and ChatGPT to billions shares what actually matters
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Lenny Rachitsky
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AI prompt engineering in 2025: What works and what doesn’t | Sander Schulhoff (Learn Prompting, HackAPrompt)
How to get better answers from AI, avoid common prompt-engineering myths, and keep your AI tools safe from bad actors
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Lenny Rachitsky
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How tech’s most resilient workers handle burnout
Introducing ARMOR: a new framework building on our tech worker sentiment survey insights
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Noam Segal
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How to build a team that can “take a punch”: A playbook for building resilient, high-performing teams | Hilary Gridley (Head of Core…
The behavioral psychology playbook for modern managers: Teaching your team to “take a punch,” building AI-powered learning loops, creating radical…
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Lenny Rachitsky
35 years of product design wisdom from Apple, Disney, Pinterest, and beyond | Bob Baxley
From Apple to Pinterest: hard-won wisdom on design, culture, and craft
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Lenny Rachitsky
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How to get your entire team prototyping with AI
A guide to creating AI prototypes that match your brand and are integrated into every step of your development lifecycle
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Colin Matthews
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