Not all Operators are built the same. We mapped out 8 archetypes based on how founders actually use AI to build and grow, and yours might not be what you expect. Take the 60-second quiz and find out where you land. Take the quiz now: founding.dev/quiz/ai-archety… #aitools #buildinpublic #AiArchetypes #businessgrowth #solopreneur

A single leaked API key has cost solo developers thousands of dollars overnight. Here's why: an API key is your house key for a service. Anyone holding it can use your account — OpenAI, Stripe, AWS, Google Maps. Lose one, and someone else runs up your bill. Losing one is shockingly easy. Bots scan public GitHub repos 24/7. The moment a key hits a public repo, automated scrapers find it within seconds. AI coding tools might even make this worse. They generate code with example keys filled in, and sometimes, vibecoders push it before reviewing. Where keys should live: In a .env file at the root of your project, like: OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-abc123… STRIPE_SECRET=sk_live_xyz… Then add .env to your .gitignore (so Git skips it). Your code reads them at runtime. They never enter your repo. Already pushed something? Audit with: GitHub Secret Scanning (auto-enabled on public repos), Trufflehog (open-source scanner), or Git-secrets (blocks them at commit time). If a key was exposed, rotate it as deleting the commit isn't enough. Follow @foundingdev for more. #vbecoderbasics

Git ≠ GitHub. Two names. Two completely different things. Git is software you install on your computer. It tracks every change you make to a project — locally, on your machine. You can use Git all day without an internet connection. GitHub is a website (owned by Microsoft) that hosts your Git projects online so others can see them, collaborate, and download. It has competitors: GitLab, Bitbucket, Codeberg. How they work together: you edit code on your computer (Git tracks it), you "push" to GitHub (uploads your history), others "pull" the latest changes back to their own machine. You can use Git without GitHub. You can't use GitHub without Git. Vibecoder Basics #02. Follow @foundingdev for the rest of the series.

Re checked your flow feels like having both prompt dashboard paths might make the first step slightly unclear for new users. Curious do people hesitate choosing where to start?

Got our first 30 users thanks to @ProductHunt🧡 👀500 unique visitors 🏅#7 Product of the Day 💪Featured in the newsletter to 1M subs Onform by @FoundingDev enables you build forms right from Claude through our MCP! Still buzzing. Honestly, thank U 🙏 #ProductHunt #SaaS

Our mission @FoundingDev is to help companies build, deploy and manage their complex SaaS tools & compliant workflows. We make it possible by providing a vast ecosystem of pre-built and production ready SaaS templates that replace your expensive and bloated SaaS tools. Today we launched Onform to replace expensive TypeForm and JotForm subscriptions. Please support us on Product Hunt LINK 👇 #saas #ai #software #producthunt

Congrats on the launch @ai_talha & team @FoundingDev! 🚨 Live on @ProductHunt 👇 fondo.ai/3Q0RNOP

congratulations on shipping this on product hunt....looks great! I have upvoted and can tell my two members to do so.... can you dm!

Onform by @FoundingDev is live on @ProductHunt today 🎉 Unlimited forms. Unlimited responses. MCP-native so you can build and manage everything directly from Claude Desktop in plain language — no dashboard needed. Form building finally feels like it's caught up with how we actually work now.😉 Would love your support today 🙏 Link 👇 #ProductHunt #BuildInPublic

We are building @FoundingDev to help kill expensive SaaS tax, let’s businesses save money and own their software. We’ve deployed Kalendar.work and GoSign.work with unlimited free tiers.

Interesting will have a look, thanks!

dope docusign alternative, upvoted feel free to launch it on @microlaunchhq too btw we get 30k makers/mo on the app

Building SaaS is hard. Maintaining it and constantly iterating is even harder. That's why we built @FoundingDev so that you can build your own SaaS WITHOUT the headache of maintaining and scaling it. Today, we're launching the Founding Dev editor. A place where you can build, deploy and scale your internal SaaS tools. The best part, we're already adding templates for all the major SaaS and use cases. Interested in saving thousands of $$$ in SaaS cost, comment and we will give you the early access :) Have questions? Also comment! #SaaSpocalypse #saasisdead #ai #BuildingInPublic

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awesome, glad to have you on @microlaunchhq !!

Love ittt!!!!

Just scheduled a parallel launch for GoSign by @FoundingDev with @SaidAitmbarek’s @MicroLaunchHQ for tomorrow to run side by side with #ProductHunt

This was spontaneous… I tried to do it again, to try to make it perfect :) closed doors, proper framing etc… but I realized if I focused on making it perfect I might never post. So yeah mission @FoundingDev is still the same. We launch on @ProductHunt tomorrow. Support is 🔗👇

why are you ripping off @docusealco

Stop paying the SaaS Tax. 💸 GoSign by @FoundingDev is our fully functional DocuSign replacement, and it’s finally here. No bloat, just the tools you need, exactly how you want them. We're launching on Product Hunt on the 26th! What should we build next?