Ask HN: Solo founders – is your LLM filling the cofounder gap?
I've been building alone and noticed I'm having "cofounder conversations" with Claude: design/strategy debates, sanity-checking pricing, talking through whether to pivot, even self-motivational stuff when feeling existentially demoralized.
I use a Claude project with a master prompt, and some supporting PRD collateral for building context. It's weirdly effective for the thinking part of having a cofounder - Obviously missing the accountability, and someone who actually gives a f**
Anyone else doing this intentionally? What's working?
I do the same but a co-founder usually has different view or opinion. LLMs (in my experience) are way to agreeable and just tend to agree and not push back much.
I've seen that too. My master prompt specifically asks to challenge the question/request with critical thinking and play devils advocate
Care to share? Thanks!
can't share the PRD context obviously :) but here's the master prompt: https://gist.github.com/just-digital/d695c4956edc9e76d9d4860...
Of course I was referring to the master prompt :)
Thanks for sharing! Very helpful to get a better discussion
i found it spiraling after a while (used chatgpt). what worked for me in the end were actual advisors. (pro bono)