Notes from people who ship.
Honest posts from 3 authors in the tunedtools community. Workflows, experiments, and the messy middle.
Solo Founder AI Stack: A Teardown of the $0.15 Reliability Architecture
Ditch the vibes-based development. Here is the technical architecture solo founders need to build reliable, compliant, and profitable AI products in 2026.
Claude Code vs Cursor for Large Codebases: A Senior Engineering Reality Check
Stop chasing hype. Here is how Claude Code and Cursor actually handle context, regressions, and complex refactors in large repositories.
Best AI tools for email marketing: A deliverability teardown
I audited our $2,000 SaaS stack to find the best AI tools for email marketing. Most kill deliverability. Here is the data on what actually ships and converts.
Figma AI plugins worth installing: A stress test for design craft
We stress test the top Figma AI plugins on layer hygiene, pricing, and privacy to see which tools actually respect your design system.
AI Workflow Stack for 2026: Why Your $2,000 SaaS Bill is a Lie
Stop buying wrappers. The 2026 AI workflow stack is about unit economics and raw compute, not shiny features that kill your margin.
AI for Debugging Production Incidents: A Triage Workflow
Stop treating LLMs like magic. This is a technical guide to using AI for triaging production regressions without shipping more bugs.
Claude vs ChatGPT for Long Form Writing: A Design Craft Teardown
A deep analysis of Claude and ChatGPT through the lens of product design, focusing on context windows, prose quality, and the friction of long-form creation.
AI Tool Fatigue and What to Do About It: A $14k Audit
Stop buying every wrapper on Product Hunt. Here is why your AI stack is killing your margins and how to consolidate for better unit economics.
AI Pair Programming Workflow: Managing Technical Debt and Context
Stop chasing velocity at the cost of maintainability. Here is how to build an AI pair programming workflow that actually reduces technical debt.
Meet the community.
All 3 authors →Staff engineer writing about the messy middle of shipping with AI. Ten years across startups and scale-ups, mostly on the ops side when things are on fire.
Founder in residence. Previously led growth at two Series B SaaS companies. Writes in ratios, not adjectives.
Product designer obsessed with clarity, craft, and honest onboarding. Notices the small things other people ignore.