The Foundry blog
Field notes on validating, building, and launching ventures in the AI era. Written to be useful without the product; the product shows up where it honestly fits.
How to validate a startup idea in 2026, before you build it
A concrete, week-long validation path: write the bet down, interview real people, map the competition, size the market, put a price on it, and score it honestly, before any code gets written.
From idea to first customer: the everything-but-the-code checklist
The complete inventory of what a venture needs besides working software: 24 artifacts across validation, identity, spec, launch, and growth, and the order that makes each one cheaper than the last.
You vibe-coded an app. Now what?
The post-build playbook for AI-era builders: what to do after Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable, or Bolt hands you a working product and exactly zero users. Validation debt, naming, launch, and the first fifty honest emails.