The exact AI stack I use to move faster.
Use cases first, tools second. Every Playbook lists the stack in order and explains why these tools — not the obvious ones. The reasoning is what you can’t copy from a YouTube tutorial.
Playbooks I’m running this month.
- Coding & Building
Ship a Production UI in 20 Minutes
A clean, production-grade React landing page from a one-line brief — v0 designs, Cursor refines.
v0Cursor - Social Media
LinkedIn Outreach on Autopilot
Scrape, qualify, personalize, send — without crossing LinkedIn’s 2025 tripwires.
ApifyClaudeMake - Automation
Automate Airbnb Bookings
Inbox-zero on Airbnb — Claude reads every guest message and Make.com posts calendar holds before you wake up.
ClaudeMakeAirtable
Pick a job. See the stack that ships it.
- Automation51
Workflows that run themselves while you sleep.
Explore - Social Media1
Outreach, scheduling, growth — without the burnout.
Explore - Content Creation2
Shorts, posts, podcasts — produced faster.
Explore - Coding & Building1
Ship products faster with the right AI co-pilots.
Explore - Research & Analysis1
Map markets, brief teams, decide faster.
Explore
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- Strategy
The Infrastructure Scope Negotiation Script: What to Say When a Startup Wants 'Full DevOps' on a Junior Budget
Startups chronically over-scope infrastructure and under-resource it — this script helps engineers and CTOs have the conversation that prevents 18 months of pain.
- Guides
The Founder CTO Operating Cadence: A One-Page Weekly System
A founder CTO doing Year 1–5 has four real jobs simultaneously — this system stops the urgent from eating the important every single week.
- Prompts
The AI Vendor Evaluation Prompt: Strip the Marketing from Any 'AI-Powered' Tool
Most 'AI-powered' tools are a wrapper around an OpenAI API call — this prompt helps you figure out if you're buying real AI capability or a $299/month import statement.
Three quiet ways to work with me.
Product Audit, AI MVP Sprint, CTO Mode. Transparent pricing, fixed scope. No "consultation" calls — every page tells you what you get, when, and for how much.
See how to work with meI’m Yogesh.
I’ve spent the last decade shipping software — as a founder, as a hired-gun CTO, and now as the operator I wish my own companies had had. I work on a small number of startups a year, deeply, and publish what I learn here so you can do most of it yourself.
The CTO Stack is the public version of my private notebook: the tools I actually use, in the order I use them, with the reasoning for picking these ones and not the obvious alternatives. Free, no paywall, no email gate.
When you’d rather have me run it for you, the services page tells you exactly what that looks like.