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You're not building a product yet. You want to know what's worth your time. Here are the 5 articles, 3 skills, and the stack that get you from curious to capable in a weekend — without buying the hype.
5 articles to read
All articles →Claude Code pricing: is the $100/mo Max plan worth it?
Honest Claude Code pricing review after 9 months on Max 5x. What works, what doesn't, who should pay $100, who should stay on Pro, who should pay $200.
Claude Code vs Cursor vs Windsurf: the honest 2026 verdict
I ran the same 14 tasks in Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf for 6 weeks. Here's which one ships, which one stalls, and which one I actually pay for.
Claude Code: a $500K founder's first 30 days
Exactly what to do with Claude Code in your first 30 days as a solo founder. The setup, the daily routine, the wins, the traps, and the line where it stops being a toy.
Claude Code SEO at scale: the $100/mo factory
Run a real SEO content factory on Claude Code Max for $100/mo flat. The 9-stage pipeline, the prompts, the quality gate, and the rules that keep Helpful Content Update happy.
Claude Code vs Cursor 2026: full comparison
Honest head-to-head: Claude Code's agent-first orchestrator vs Cursor's IDE-first AI pair. Pricing, workflows, real winners by use case, and a decision tree you can use today.
3 skills to install
All skills →productivity
Atlassian MCP (Jira + Confluence)
Atlassian's official remote MCP server connecting Jira and Confluence with LLMs, IDEs, or agent platforms.
productivity
Enterprise Search (Cowork)
Find anything across email, chat, docs, and wikis — single unified search across Slack, Notion, Drive, Gmail.
productivity
Cline Rule: Memory Bank
Persistent memory pattern for Cline using a structured Markdown 'memory bank' that survives sessions. Lets the agent remember architecture decisions and conventions.
Next step
Get the $500K AI Stack PDF — start here.
13 tools ranked. The cheapest stack runs at $110/month. The PDF tells you exactly which 5 tools to pick first.