# Vinod Sharma

> Vinod Sharma is a product builder based in Florida who builds startups using AI coding tools. He came back to coding after 12 years in management and has shipped 9+ products while working full-time. He co-founded Sucana, an AI analytics platform for marketing agencies.

## About

Vinod is a product builder, entrepreneur, and content creator with 25+ years in technology. He bridges business and engineering, having led enterprise systems for 100K+ employees before pivoting to building micro-SaaS products with AI. He shares his journey through his newsletter "Build Notes" and YouTube channel.

## What I Build

- Sucana — AI-powered analytics platform for marketing agencies
- Part Time Founders — Community for aspiring entrepreneurs
- Career Leap — Career development platform
- GEOScore — AI search visibility analyzer (open source)
- Multiple micro-SaaS products using AI coding tools

## Expertise

- AI-assisted product development (Claude Code, Cursor, V0, Bolt)
- Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Vercel
- Enterprise systems architecture (100K+ employee scale)
- Agile transformation and product delivery
- Content creation (150K+ Medium readers, YouTube educator)

## Newsletter

Build Notes. I am building Sucana and sharing everything I learn through my newsletter and YouTube channel.
Subscribe: https://vinodsharma.co/newsletter

## Website

https://vinodsharma.co

## Blog

- [Claude Code Is the Most-Loved Developer Tool in 2026. Here's Why That Matters.](https://vinodsharma.co/blog/claude-code-most-loved-developer-tool-2026): The Pragmatic Engineer's 2026 survey of 906 developers shows Claude Code at 46% love, Cursor at 19%, GitHub Copilot at 9%. But the real story is the gap between startups and enterprises.
- [How I Added AI Search Visibility to My Personal Site Using Claude Code](https://vinodsharma.co/blog/how-i-added-ai-search-visibility-to-my-personal-site): My personal site was invisible to AI search engines. No robots.txt, no schema, no llms.txt. Here's how I fixed it in one session and went from a GEO score of ~15 to 78 out of 100.
- [One Inch Closer: The Debugging Philosophy That Keeps Us Shipping](https://vinodsharma.co/blog/one-inch-closer): My cofounder watched me debug for three hours and asked why I was still smiling. The answer became a phrase we say to each other every day.
- [Gems in a Jar: Why You Should Stop Waiting for the Perfect Idea](https://vinodsharma.co/blog/gems-in-a-jar): You can't pick the perfect gem from the bottom of the jar without picking one from the top first. Here's how 9 imperfect ideas led me to the one that stuck.
- [9 Products, Zero Traction, One Company](https://vinodsharma.co/blog/9-products-zero-traction-one-company): In 2025, I started coding again after 12 years and built multiple apps. None of them got traction. But they led me somewhere unexpected.
- [Coding at 52: How AI Tools Brought Me Back After 12 Years](https://vinodsharma.co/blog/coding-at-52-how-ai-tools-brought-me-back): After 12 years in management, I thought my coding days were behind me. Then I discovered AI coding tools and started staying up until 4 AM again.

## Key Pages

- [Home](https://vinodsharma.co): Vinod Sharma — Product Builder
- [About](https://vinodsharma.co/about): Journey, experience, and mission
- [Blog](https://vinodsharma.co/blog): Insights on AI coding, product building, and the part-time founder journey
- [Resources](https://vinodsharma.co/resources): Free courses, templates, and tools
- [RSS Feed](https://vinodsharma.co/feed.xml): Full-text RSS feed
- [Privacy Policy](https://vinodsharma.co/privacy): Privacy policy
- [Terms of Service](https://vinodsharma.co/terms): Terms of service

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## Contact

- Website: https://vinodsharma.co
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/VinodSharma10x
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vinodsharma10x
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vinod.sharma
- Substack: https://vinodsharma.substack.com/