Flag theory, bootstrapping, and practical guides for founders who'd rather pay 2% than 47%.https://founders.do/https://founders.do/posts/self-hosted-home-security/https://founders.do/posts/self-hosted-home-security/I told Claude Code what I wanted. It SSH'd into my Home Assistant, installed Frigate, configured cameras, set up Discord alerts, and deployed health monitoring. The entire setup - from factory reset to working security system - without me touching a config file.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/mac-use-desktop-automation/https://founders.do/posts/mac-use-desktop-automation/mac-use lets Claude Code control any macOS app through accessibility APIs — no screenshots, no pixel coordinates. I used it to automate my Swiss tax return.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/free-users-are-not-your-customers/https://founders.do/posts/free-users-are-not-your-customers/Less than 4% of our stores generate nearly 40% of our revenue. Thousands of stores on our free and basic tiers consume most of our support and will never upgrade. Here's what we learned.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/what-ai-cant-do/https://founders.do/posts/what-ai-cant-do/AI handles output. Humans handle direction. The more execution becomes free, the more valuable the things that can't be automated become. Here's the list.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/not-a-digital-nomad/https://founders.do/posts/not-a-digital-nomad/The term 'digital nomad' lumps three different groups under one label. The founders making real structural decisions about jurisdictions and tax need a different word — and a different community.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/claude-code-skills-founder/https://founders.do/posts/claude-code-skills-founder/Code review without a senior engineer. Brand voice without a copywriter. SEO without an SEO team. Seven Claude Code skills that replaced seven hires.Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/ai-team-of-five/https://founders.do/posts/ai-team-of-five/Two co-founders, two support specialists, and one person who holds everything else. Here's how a 5-person SaaS team uses AI to punch above its weight.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/answer-engine-optimization/https://founders.do/posts/answer-engine-optimization/Perplexity cites Reddit at 46.7% and blogs at 9.9%. Here's what determines which blogs make the 9.9% — and how to be one of them.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/make-something-agents-want/https://founders.do/posts/make-something-agents-want/Y Combinator's motto was for humans. The new version is for machines. If AI agents can't parse, compare, and act on your content — you don't exist.Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/distribution-only-moat/https://founders.do/posts/distribution-only-moat/AI made building fast. It also made copying fast. The founders winning in 2026 aren't the best builders — they're the ones who own the channel.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/dr-golden-visa/https://founders.do/posts/dr-golden-visa/The Dominican Republic's investor visa puts you on a fast track to residency. But '6 months to citizenship' isn't what it sounds like. Here's the real program.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/us-renunciation-fee-dropped/https://founders.do/posts/us-renunciation-fee-dropped/The fee dropped 80%. The real cost didn't. The exit tax, the 5-year lookback, and the covered expatriate rules matter infinitely more than the filing fee.Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/crs-2-what-changed/https://founders.do/posts/crs-2-what-changed/Crypto is now reportable. CBI passports are flagged. Digital wallets are visible. The rules changed in January 2026 — most founders haven't noticed yet.Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/exit-tax-trap/https://founders.do/posts/exit-tax-trap/Flag theory content focuses on where to go. It never talks about the cost of leaving. For many founders, the exit tax bill is larger than the first year of savings.Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/european-tax-arbitrage/https://founders.do/posts/european-tax-arbitrage/Three European countries competing for remote founders with special tax regimes. The rates are attractive. The expiration dates are the trap nobody mentions.Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/countries-no-foreign-income-tax/https://founders.do/posts/countries-no-foreign-income-tax/A country with 0% tax but no Stripe access and 10 Mbps internet is useless to a SaaS founder. Here are the 29 territorial tax countries ranked by what actually matters.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/how-i-got-dominican-citizenship/https://founders.do/posts/how-i-got-dominican-citizenship/Applied for residency in 2022, received citizenship in 2026. Total cost around $3,500. Every step, every fee, every mistake — and what I'd do differently.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/cost-of-living-las-terrenas/https://founders.do/posts/cost-of-living-las-terrenas/Not $800/month. Not $5,000/month. Somewhere in between — and the number depends on whether you need reliable internet more than a beach view.Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/7-flags-framework/https://founders.do/posts/7-flags-framework/Your country of birth is the most expensive subscription you never signed up for. Here's the framework for cancelling it.Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://founders.do/posts/how-i-evaluate-business-ideas/https://founders.do/posts/how-i-evaluate-business-ideas/I built a digital marketing agency, a dozen products nobody wanted, and two SaaS businesses that actually worked. Here's the framework that separates the two categories.Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT