Ask HN: I underestimated how lonely building solo can be
3•paulwilsonn•1h ago
No feedback, no one to bounce ideas off, no “nice job” at the end of the day.
The freedom is great, but it gets weirdly quiet.
Anyone else can relate to this?
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wiz21c•1h ago
I did try once. We're building tools for others to use. So there's no way you will build it alone. You have to have contacts with your future users. Staying alone is bad for your mental health and bad for your product development. Just don't.
paulwilsonn•46m ago
Totally agree. Building in isolation feels like shouting into the void - you need real users to shape the product and sanity-check your assumptions. Community > solo grind.
wiz21c•1h ago
paulwilsonn•46m ago