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Arvid Kahl

Software entrepreneur who sold FeedbackPanda and now builds Podscan; writes The Bootstrapped Founder.

3 things

ClaudeSoftware Anthropic

loved

What amazes me about these interactions is not just that Claude could help me solve the problems, but how it walked me through the process, explaining each step.

A long post walking through how he actually uses large language models day to day as a solo software founder.

2024-09-20·thebootstrappedfounder.com ↗

ChatGPTSoftware OpenAI

uses

This includes platforms like ChatGPT and Claude. These are my go-to for brainstorming, writing, problem-solving, and even some coding tasks.

A long post walking through how he actually uses large language models day to day as a solo software founder.

2024-09-20·thebootstrappedfounder.com ↗

PHPStormSoftware JetBrains

uses

These are integrated directly into my IDE (I use PHP Storm).

A long post walking through how he actually uses large language models day to day as a solo software founder.

2024-09-20·thebootstrappedfounder.com ↗

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