A personal AI startup lab.
StartupWorker is a side project by David Laubner, a tech entrepreneur who is not just talking about using AI or vibe coding. He is testing it on a real product.
Why I am building it
I started StartupWorker because I wanted a practical place to collect the tools, AI skills, agents, courses, and playbooks I kept finding while building products. A feature list can tell you what something claims to do. It rarely tells you whether it belongs in your actual workflow.
This project is my test bench. I use it to try the AI tools people are talking about, see where they actually help, and learn how far AI-assisted coding can go when the output has to become a real site with real constraints.
What StartupWorker is
A working catalog
A reviewed collection of tools, skills, agents, and courses organized by the work they can help with.
A real experiment
A place for me to test AI-assisted building, practice video coding, and get sharper through actual use.
A public notebook
A way to share what I am finding, what seems useful, and how different resources fit together.
The tech stack
StartupWorker is a simple web app built with Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, and Vercel. The point is not to make the stack fancy. The point is to keep the project understandable enough that I can build, test, break, fix, and explain it while I learn.
What I care about
- Context over hype. A resource is useful only when you understand the job it can do, where it fits, and where it falls short.
- Real builders matter. Practical judgment, examples, and honest tradeoffs are more useful than popularity alone.
- Trust should be visible. Sources, review dates, commercial relationships, and moderation decisions should be easy to understand.
- Private by default. Your saved resources and draft systems belong to you. You choose what becomes public.
About David
I am David Laubner, a tech entrepreneur who likes turning rough ideas into working products. StartupWorker is not a polished company pitch or a big-team manifesto. It is one builder trying to make a tool he actually wants, while sharing the build process and learning out loud.