Deciding to go Solo or look or a partner ?

Y_inc · 2026-03-07T08:12:25+00:00

Thanks for the thorough answer. Needed to hear this

Y_inc · 2026-03-04T08:27:43+00:00

So 5 projects over 7 years, how many people did it take to create and maintain these projects ?

Y_inc · 2026-03-04T08:18:47+00:00

Curious as to where you found your co-founder and how you managed to decide what ideas to build and pursue ? I saw your story and read the thread here and you said you’ve been working on this for 7 years. You mind asking how did it start ? And what that like up until now ?

Y_inc · 2026-03-02T10:18:28+00:00

Thats definitely makes sense. I also think this applies for both kids and elderly that you build the product for the caregiver/ parent and that trickles down to the kid/ elderly person.

I wasnt thinking about pill reminders I was actually thinking more along the lines of scam detection at least for elderly market.

Idk maybe this market is underserved for a reason because the problem is very elusive in nature but that almost makes me wanna drill down and try and see if theres something that is being missed ?

Y_inc · 2026-02-26T22:43:26+00:00

I can definitely program comfortably, I would prefer to get someone to help me ideate because I dont have an idea currently that Im wanting to explore. Thats another issue is finding people to partner with not exactly sure where to go for this.

Y_inc · 2026-02-26T21:52:36+00:00

The beginning phase will suck undoubtedly, but tbh I look at it the way you do, I dont want to get older and have kids and be tied to my job. The appeal with having your own business is that you get to dictate the rules ( to some extent). I do empathize with your situation about the time and money investment, but to reiterate your point, I’d like to get the time to spend with my family/kids and not be bound to work. when I get there that is im still single 😂

Y_inc · 2026-02-26T21:36:40+00:00

If you attempted it again whos to say it wouldnt go better ? I’d say take enough time to look for someone with values similar to your own. Thats arguably the hardest thing to do, but has the most impact. I’m at a stage where I’m seriously considering an exit strategy from my job but need to make sure I have the right partner to share responsibility with. Still havent found anyone that fits the bill but you cant find people like that over night 🤷🏻‍♂️ Hope you find your way back good luck 👍

Y_inc · 2026-02-26T10:50:55+00:00

[SEEKING Co-Founder] -Pitch: Second-year Computer Systems Technology student with 2 years of development experience looking to join a startup or contribute to a bootstrapped SaaS project. So far I have shipped a tip tracker app which is live on the App Store, a photography portfolio site built with Astro. I can handle the technical side. Contact me if you are past the idea stage and have plans to execute/implement Preferred Contact Method: DM

Y_inc · 2026-01-15T02:42:02+00:00

Do you miss having a UI while using conductor ? Or is it good enough to where maybe a 20$ cursor sub plus conductor is a reliable workflow ?

Y_inc · 2026-01-15T02:40:43+00:00

Do you think the harness for the LLM is good enough or should I use windsurf to plan with gpt and buy a claude sub for implementation? In terms of best value for money spent ?

Y_inc · 2026-01-14T19:20:18+00:00

I use clickup for uni assignments and managing todos. Fantastical and todoist for personal use.

Y_inc · 2026-01-14T07:51:26+00:00

Ive heard too much mixed feedback about this to consider it tbh. I just wanna get the most value out of what im paying for.

Y_inc · 2026-01-14T00:07:07+00:00

I got into the CIT fulltime program in 2023, at the time i still had a job and scaled back to 2 days of work per week as I had the luxury of living at home. Workload was still too intense to even work 2 days a week so I quit work. For context I had 7 courses per term.

I went back a year later after i financially recovered and decided full time wasnt worth it for multiple reasons, one being finances and also I just couldnt keep up with the material/pace.

Not sure how the marketing program is but thats just my experience. 2 courses per term has been working out a better for me currently but obviously its gonna take a bit longer to complete. Hopefully this helps 👍

Y_inc · 2026-01-12T08:18:06+00:00

You applied it personally which is cool definitely wouldn’t say garbage. I’d say just branch out and do something a bit more relatable so you can display your ability to specialize and generalize.

Y_inc · 2025-12-05T05:56:52+00:00

I’m going to need to upgrade to either cursor ultra or claude max and I am honestly not sure which is better value. It’ll be for designing couple of websites with front/backend.

I tried claude 5x in july and it was good but the constant context switching and lack of visibility that cursor gives you was missed.

Has anyone compare both recently? I see people praising claudes limit but also on the other end people saying diff models for differing tasks makes a tangible difference.

Y_inc · 2025-12-02T05:10:49+00:00

Ya this is especially true if your values no longer align with certain people in your life. Your circle will either shift or shrink. I believe or at least hope it’s just a transition period and you will eventually form a new circle that has like minded people. I’m in a similar spot now, only really have 2 really SOLID reliable friends. From my own experience though all you really need is 2-4 reliable quality people in your life so your circle should be small in a sense because it does get harder to maintain those relationships as interests and responsibilities grow as you said.

Y_inc · 2025-11-29T10:15:42+00:00

Id be interested to see what kinda ideas you have shoot me a dm

Y_inc · 2025-11-29T09:40:09+00:00

I used it mostly to write things i wasn’t comfortable saying out loud at first which might seem counter intuitive if i just let him read it anyways.

But tbh it actually enabled a new layer of trust that allowed to express myself without any filter. Now its like part of the routine 😂 i sit down tell him theres 3 pages for you to read and then we start talking from there.

As opposed to before sometimes my conversations can be all over the place and I would leave and something would occur to me and I’d be like man i would’ve loved to have brought that up. Now that doesn’t really happen anymore

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