The Stack StoriesNo. 001
The Stack Stories
The Founder
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August 2026Digital collection
● No. 001 · Editorial digest · August 2026
The Founder Issue
Editorial features on the operators rebuilding the next decade — and the second-decade discipline that separates the lucky from the great.
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MCP Servers in Production: A 2026 Field DirectoryEditorial · AI
p. 024/02Beyond Rule of 40: The SaaS Metrics Boards Actually Read in 2026Editorial · Business
p. 036/03SWE-bench: What It Actually Measures, and Where It MisleadsEditorial · AI
p. 048/04Cursor vs Claude Code: A Six-Month Practitioner ComparisonEditorial · Software
p. 060/05The 83(b) Election: A Founder's Complete 2026 GuideEditorial · Startups
p. 072/06The Small Model Renaissance: When Big AI Doesn't WinEditorial · AI
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The Rule of 40 Is Dead: What SaaS Boards Actually Look At in 2026Editorial · Business
p. 096/08Zero-Trust in Production: A 2026 Field GuideEditorial · Cybersecurity
p. 108/09GLP-1 Drugs at Two Years: A Public Health AuditEditorial · Science
p. 120/10The State of Design Systems in 2026: A Field ReportEditorial · Design
p. 132/11How the $370B IRA Bet Is Actually PerformingEditorial · Business
p. 144/12The Quiet Death of Third-Party Cookies — and What Replaced ThemEditorial · Marketing
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