How CodeGuide got its first 100 users
CJ posted a single tweet describing his "ideal Cursor workflow" — essentially a screen-recording-style demo showing how he solved AI hallucinations using structured documentation. The tweet was not a product pitch; it was a tutorial framed around the problem. It received ~400 retweets and generated ~300 immediate signups. He had no product at that point. Within 30 minutes he used Bolt to spin up a basic landing page and collect waitlist emails. Over the next two weeks he accumulated 1,800 waitlist signups before writing a single line of product code. He then DM'd and engaged every person who commented, asking whether they had a better solution to AI hallucinations. No one did — which served as his second-stage validation. The first 100 paying users on launch day (December 24, 2024) came directly from that waitlist.