The Playbook
Founder-led guides for non-technical founders: how to take an idea to a live app you actually own with AI and a modern stack, how to prove someone wants it, and when to bring in a pro. No fluff, no no-code lock-in.
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Playbook — the definitive guide · 24 min read
The end-to-end method: from idea to a live, owned custom-code app to measured product-market fit — with Claude, Next.js, Supabase, Vercel, Shadcn and GitHub. The flagship guide.
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Playbook — validation · 9 min read
The four-question survey, the 40% 'very disappointed' benchmark, and how to segment the results into a roadmap. Includes a copy-paste template.
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Playbook — build vs. buy · 12 min read
An honest, tool-by-tool comparison — Lovable, Bolt, v0, Base44 vs. owned code — across ownership, lock-in, the hard 20%, and when each is genuinely the right call.
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Playbook — validation · 10 min read
Prove demand before you build: the Mom Test, smoke tests, fake-door tests, and pre-selling — in order of how much each one really tells you.
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Playbook — the stack · 9 min read
What Supabase is and why founders build on it — database, auth, row-level security, storage, and branches, explained in plain English.
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Playbook — opinion · 8 min read
The honest take on vibe coding: what it's genuinely great at, where it quietly breaks, and how to use it without shipping a liability you can't maintain.
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Rather have it built right?
Start your build.These guides show you how to do it yourself. When you'd rather a founder-operator built the owned, production-grade version — usually $15–30k, in weeks — that's what Godelian does.