Field Notes

Practical guides and frameworks for building with AI. No theory, no filler.

Teardown

TeardownJune 19, 2026
The Anatomy of an Over-Scoped MVP: A Teardown
We dissect a real pattern we see repeatedly: founders who scope their MVP as if they are launching a startup, not testing a hypothesis. Here is what to cut and why.
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Anatomy

AnatomyJune 19, 2026
Anatomy of a Production AI Feature
Not every AI integration is a chatbot. We break down the six layers every production AI feature actually needs, and where most implementations go wrong.
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Checklist

Method

MethodJune 19, 2026
The Basetool 6-Week MVP Method
Our named methodology for shipping a production-ready MVP in six weeks. Fixed scope, fixed price, three phases. This is exactly how we work.
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