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Build Stories10 Oct 20265 min read

We invited 60 London startup founders to stop building and start selling

200 sign-ups, 60 seats, half the pizza. How sidething's first Growth Night went, and all 88 photos.

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10 Jul 20264 min read

introducing sidething intelligence

sidething used to work from what you told it. now it plugs into your stack, sees the whole picture, and gets proactive.

Build Stories5 Jun 20266 min read

What We Shipped in May: 16 Things, All Evenings, All Live

16 ships. one month. everything we built. everything live. everything yours.

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Build Stories18 Apr 2026

Introducing Team Projects: The Best Side Projects Are Built Together

96% of YC startups have founding teams. Team projects on sidething let your co-founder share the build. Same roadmap, different lanes, tasks auto-assigned by role.

5 min read

Guides & Frameworks16 Mar 2026

How to Make Money from Vibe Coding in 2026

People are making £500-5,000/month from vibe coding in 2026. Here's exactly how - micro-SaaS, freelance builds, AI agents. Real numbers, real examples.

15 min read

Guides & Frameworks1 Mar 2026

What Happened to Buildspace? And What Comes Next

buildspace was one of the best communities for builders that's ever existed online. Over 70,000 people went through it. Backed by a16z and YC. $10M raised. The Nights & Weekends program got thousands of people to actually start building their ideas instead of just talking about them. The energy in those early cohorts was unreal. Anime aesthetics, lowercase everything, memes, and in the middle of all that, people were shipping real projects and helping each other out.

6 min read

Guides & Frameworks19 Feb 2026

The Best Communities for Vibe Coders Who Want to Build a Real Business in 2026

Theres no shortage of Discords and Slack groups for people building with AI. But most of them wont help you make money. Heres where to actually go.

10 min read

Build Stories18 Sept 2025

The Side Hustle Roadmap That Actually Works (Built for Real Life)

Forget everything you've read about startups. Our roadmaps work when you've got kids to pick up at 3:15pm and maybe £47 in your "business" account. Built for the reality of side hustles: 90-minute task blocks, revenue before research, shipping before perfection. We show you exactly how to go from idea to first paying customer using free tools, AI for the boring bits, and whatever time you can steal from your week. Two sessions a week, 104 sessions a year. That's how real businesses get built. Not with VC funding or weekend hackathons, but with consistency, constraints, and actually charging people money.

7 min read

Guides & Frameworks4 Sept 2025

You Don't Need Money to Build

Stop waiting for funding. This guide shows exactly how to build a profitable SaaS business with £100, including real founder stories, no-code tools, and proven

9 min read