Re:I underestimated how lonely building solo can be
by eviluncle on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @10:15AM
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Working on a side project that I hope to launch in the near future, I can relate. At first I tried sharing with friends/family
but noticed how disinterested anybody who isn't working on it themselves are.
I personally thrive on conversation and a back-and-forth to hone my ideas and thoughts so it's definitely been hard.
I ended up settling on creating system prompts for both OpenAI and Anthropic for co-founders with the explicit prompt that they critique and challenge my thoughts.
In ChatGPT web interface you can create a folder for that context and then all my conversations in that folder relate to my project.
It isn't perfect but it does help and it's a soundboard that's available 24/7, and lets me develop my thoughts, do my research, etc.
There's a risk of it being an giant echo chamber. But then again, most startups are until they hit the market and start validating against reality.
I personally thrive on conversation and a back-and-forth to hone my ideas and thoughts so it's definitely been hard.
I ended up settling on creating system prompts for both OpenAI and Anthropic for co-founders with the explicit prompt that they critique and challenge my thoughts.
In ChatGPT web interface you can create a folder for that context and then all my conversations in that folder relate to my project.
It isn't perfect but it does help and it's a soundboard that's available 24/7, and lets me develop my thoughts, do my research, etc.
There's a risk of it being an giant echo chamber. But then again, most startups are until they hit the market and start validating against reality.