Blog posts, recaps, and build notes.

A 2BFT point of view on builder education in Tamil Nadu: smaller scopes, local context, public proof, and rooms where beginners can learn beside working builders.

How we think about using Claude and Codex as accountable partners across research, planning, implementation, and review inside an AI-first company.

A practical format for running a one-day AI builder room: scope a real problem, build in public, review the rough edges, and leave with a next step.

A look back at the vibe coding hackathon hosted by 2BFT in Coimbatore and Chennai.

A verified archive of the June 21, 2026 2BFT hackathon at Zoho Corporation in Chennai with Zoho Community support, and the build lessons we are carrying forward.

What made the Coimbatore kickoff work, why Nuevo Pixels fit the format, and what we are carrying into Chennai.

A CSDN article picked up the 2BFT story for a Chinese developer audience.

Forget the hype. Here are the 5 AI tools we actually use daily to run Stashed and 2BFT - Claude, Nano Banana, Veo 3.1, Higgsfield, and Gemini Music.

We went back to St. Paul's in Vaniyambadi to teach teachers how to use AI. This is what happened in the room.

Navaratan taught his dad to use Gemini. Now he writes prompts in Hindi, uses Gemini Live with camera, makes images, and experiments on a Jio phone.

We visited the Indian AI Summit 2026. Here was our honest take: everyone was building wrappers, very few were thinking seriously about sovereign Indian models, and adoption was still slow.

Product photography is the number-one blocker for small Indian product businesses. Here is how we generated launch-ready shots for Stashed without a studio setup.

Two guys from a small town built a bag brand using AI. Here is the real story - prompts, chaos, manufacturing, and all.

How SN Bags' B2B manufacturing experience helped us build Stashed - zippers, stress tests on Indian metros, and the Velcro panel system.

Jio, UPI, D2C platforms, and AI tools all hit maturity at the same time. If you are an Indian builder sitting on an idea, the gap between you and a well-funded team has never been smaller.

An AI Operator runs business functions with AI systems instead of isolated prompts. Here is why that matters and what the role actually looks like.

The old 2BFT Academy library gave away hundreds of AI skills for free. Here is why two bootstrapped founders chose free over gated.

Finding a manufacturer is harder than building the product. Here is exactly how we used AI to research, qualify, and contact bag manufacturers for Stashed.

The origin story of 2BFT - two childhood friends from Vaniyambadi who went from a jewellery-shop first floor to building brands with AI.

Using AI occasionally is not the same as having an AI workflow. Here is exactly how to build a repeatable system using the real Instagram caption workflow we run for Stashed every week.