· 7 min read
Christian Acuna — Foundations: The AI-Native Flywheel
The starting point for the Foundations path: how AI-native founders move from one-off prompting to a repeatable Context → Plan → Build → Ship operating loop.
Foundations
Learn the AI-native founder workflow from first principles.
Foundations is the starting sequence: the mental model, workspace, and workshop you need before delegating real work to AI agents.
What you will build
Context → Plan → Build → Ship.
By the end of this sequence, you should understand why AI-native work compounds, how to set up the workspace, and why the terminal becomes the operating room for serious agent-led work.
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Lesson 1
Foundations: The AI-Native Flywheel
The starting point for the Foundations path: how AI-native founders move from one-off prompting to a repeatable Context → Plan → Build → Ship operating loop.
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Lesson 2
Foundations: Set Up Your AI-Native Workspace
Set up your AI-native founder workspace on Mac: Ghostty, Homebrew, nvm, Node, Zed, Claude Code, and a first CLAUDE.md project folder.
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Lesson 3
Terminal as Your AI Workshop
Learn five beginner-safe terminal commands and create your first local Founder OS workspace for Claude Code, Finder, and Zed.
All Foundations lessons
Read the series in order.
· 10 min read
Christian Acuna — Foundations: Set Up Your AI-Native Workspace
Set up your AI-native founder workspace on Mac: Ghostty, Homebrew, nvm, Node, Zed, Claude Code, and a first CLAUDE.md project folder.
· 8 min read
Christian Acuna — Terminal as Your AI Workshop
Learn five beginner-safe terminal commands and create your first local Founder OS workspace for Claude Code, Finder, and Zed.