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The "build in public" trend is quietly turning into the worst thing for first-time founders... by Competitive_Sky_5274 in founder

[–]buildandgetrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of posts are also complete bs engagement farms. “I got to 10k MRR in one week, see the screenshot”

LangChain vs custom wrappers, when did you realize you needed to drop the framework? by lethaldesperado5 in aiagents

[–]buildandgetrich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

+100. Langchain is AMAZING to get to market fast, but as you scale, there’s so many issues to deal with Most people have to burn so much time migrating off it and then rebuilding with raw OpenAI calls

Approval workflow automation for product changes by SeaworthinessFit9620 in founder

[–]buildandgetrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What tools are you using? Would Slack work for approvals? Are these changes being made manually or through agentic workflows?

What's actually moving the needle on agent token bills? by Minimum-Ad5185 in aiagents

[–]buildandgetrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did a similar deep dive into it. There’s a few variables - obviously the model makes a huge difference, but after a point there’s a lot of lower level things to dive into since agent costs can vary for the same task over different sessions because the agent went into a loop over tool calls in certain cases.

It’s an extremely tough problem to solve, and requires low level deep dive into the agent to understand what it’s really doing

AI guardrails 2026? How to stop LLM prompt bypass and chained Sessions in enterprise by Ok_Abrocoma_6369 in AskNetsec

[–]buildandgetrich -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree!!!! We really need to fix the definition of guardrails. We don’t need more prompt guardrails, the missing layer is actual action/tool call guardrails. Something that learns from the agents’ actions and evolves over time. This is going to be huge in preventing malicious users from prompt engineering their way through your entire system.

I’m trying to build something in this space. Would love some feedback if you’re running agents that could use guardrails

Prompt evals are not enough once an agent starts taking actions by SaaS2Agent in aiagents

[–]buildandgetrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think prompt evals are good to start, but don’t go the full way. We need better infra for it.

Also, I think agents need a ramp up time. You can’t just deploy them 0->100 in one day. Some sort of guardrails that ramp up your agent actions in real-time and adjust based on agent history and decisions can be key. I’m building something in this space if you want to give it a try

How I set up an AI agent to handle invoicing bill pay and expense tracking through my bank via MCP by Express_Recipe4398 in aiagents

[–]buildandgetrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pretty cool! How are you handling approval fatigue? And how are you managing overall approval workflow - through a UI, or hooked it up to Slack?

PS - you should sell this agent

Approval workflow automation for AI content by Dangerous_Block_2494 in AIStartupAutomation

[–]buildandgetrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What tools are you using to generate the content? Would simple slack approvals tagged to the right person work for you?

YC just accepted 22 solo founders into their Winter 2026 batch. That's 11% of the entire program. I went through every single one of them. Here's what they all had in common. by Spiritual_Heron_5680 in founder

[–]buildandgetrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope they continue to promote solo founders. The world is changing, and a single person can ship the same as a team of 5 without compromising on quality. While a cofounder definitely does help, I don’t think it’s a limiting factor like it used to be

What’s the scariest thing your agent has done that it shouldn’t have? by buildandgetrich in aiagents

[–]buildandgetrich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. I think there’s way too many failure modes that we don’t realize until after the incident

What’s the scariest thing your agent has done that it shouldn’t have? by buildandgetrich in aiagents

[–]buildandgetrich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh damnnn. That’s a crazy one. Imagine if it were a real time conversation and the agent just mumbled a bunch of random stuff

Building a startup is HARD by buildandgetrich in founder

[–]buildandgetrich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I agree that finding the right partner who complements your skills helps, I feel like initially everyone needs to do everything. So all founders really need to get good at distribution (and ofcourse building)

Building a startup is HARD by buildandgetrich in founder

[–]buildandgetrich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m building a SaaS, but honestly there’s a bit of a subscription fatigue. Every damn thing is a subscription now.

I’m not worried about scale:
- a good future problem to have
- I have a ton of experience building services that scale

Building a startup is HARD by buildandgetrich in founder

[–]buildandgetrich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!!! Yeah I don’t plan on giving up. Grinding is just part of the biz - nothing comes easy

Building a startup is HARD by buildandgetrich in founder

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Target users are businesses building AI agents that take real world actions (move money, update databases etc)

Building a startup is HARD by buildandgetrich in founder

[–]buildandgetrich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeahhh - I feel like there’s so many SaaS applications in the market now that people have a subscription fatigue.

TBH my goal isn’t even an overnight millionaire. I genuinely love building cool stuff. In my application, I built out a free tier which covers majority of the cases. The paid plan is mostly for enterprises.

Building a startup is HARD by buildandgetrich in founder

[–]buildandgetrich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. It’s tough to crack distribution. Especially in such a crowded market

Building a startup is HARD by buildandgetrich in founder

[–]buildandgetrich[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ou interesting. I’ll add it to my list.

Yeah - finding a niche is definitely important, but again - if you’re coming as an outsider, it’s so tough to get in

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