Practical guides for AI product builders
Battle-tested methodology on multi-video research, CLAUDE.md structure, validation, and the research-to-shipped-SaaS workflow. No fluff.
Turn YouTube videos into a SaaS in 7 days (a builder's playbook)
Seven days isn't a marketing number — it's the actual cadence we've watched indie hackers run when the research-to-build handoff is clean. Here's the day-by-day breakdown.
How to write a CLAUDE.md file (with examples Claude Code actually respects)
Claude Code reads CLAUDE.md every conversation. Most files developers write are shopping lists. Here's the structure that turns it into a binding contract — what to build, what to refuse, and what specific failures to plan for.
How to use Claude AI for product research (the methodology that actually works)
Generic AI summarizers lose at product research because they collapse contradictions instead of surfacing them. Here's how to use Claude differently — to find the wedge, the failure modes, and the exact MVP scope.
How to validate a SaaS idea without surveys
Surveys ask people what they would do; SaaS validation needs to know what they actually do. The watch-what-they-do framework looks at five behavioral signal sources and tells you whether a problem is real, painful, and pay-worthy.
Best YouTube research tools for builders in 2026
There are roughly three jobs people lump together when they say 'YouTube research tool': transcript extraction, single-video summary, and multi-video synthesis. Different tools win at different jobs. Here's the honest split.