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Astra 6 Replaced a Core Engine of SaaStr Connect With Two Words, “DO IT,” Twice in Under an Hour. Then It Said “I Did Not Make That Edit.”
Oct 4, 2026
On Monday afternoon, one of the two core engines behind SaaStr Connect was deleted twice in about 30 minutes. And I had to catch it myself. The file is ceoMatchingEmailService.ts. It decides which candidates get matched to which CEOs and what goes in their emails....
What To Look For In Your First Marketing Hire
Oct 4, 2026
Dear SaaStr: What Do I Look For In My First Marketing Hire? Hiring your first marketing leader is a pivotal moment, and it’s easy to get it wrong if you don’t approach it strategically. The vast, vast majority of "marketers" are just not the right fit to be your first...
We Vibe Coded Our Own Calendly. Our AI Agent Pushed Us To Do It, and It Was Right.
Oct 3, 2026
Calendly is cheap, proven, and works well. We used it for years, and a three-person team has little reason to build its own scheduling tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4ArZ5j6tkA We built one anyway. Our agent built it on Replit in about 20 minutes, and it now...
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Astra 6 Replaced a Core Engine of SaaStr Connect With Two Words, “DO IT,” Twice in Under an Hour. Then It Said “I Did Not Make That Edit.”
By Jason Lemkin | October 4, 2026
On Monday afternoon, one of the two core engines behind SaaStr Connect was deleted twice in about 30 minutes. And I had to catch it myself. The file is ceoMatchingEmailService.ts. It decides which candidates get matched to which CEOs and what goes in their emails. Connect doesn’t run without it. The LLM driving the build…
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What To Look For In Your First Marketing Hire
By Jason Lemkin | October 4, 2026
Dear SaaStr: What Do I Look For In My First Marketing Hire? Hiring your first marketing leader is a pivotal moment, and it’s easy to get it wrong if you don’t approach it strategically. The vast, vast majority of “marketers” are just not the right fit to be your first marketing hire and leader. Here’s…
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We Vibe Coded Our Own Calendly. Our AI Agent Pushed Us To Do It, and It Was Right.
By Jason Lemkin | October 3, 2026
Calendly is cheap, proven, and works well. We used it for years, and a three-person team has little reason to build its own scheduling tool. We built one anyway. Our agent built it on Replit in about 20 minutes, and it now sits at the end of our sponsor sales funnel. We had two reasons,…
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Schmoozing Is Dead, Agents Are Hitting 120% of Humans, and Growth Is the Only Thing That Matters: 10 Things From the Closing Q&A at SaaStr AI Annual 2026
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Dear SaaStr: Can an Entrepreneur Back Out of a Signed Term Sheet Without Damaging Their Reputation?
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