If he's a good friend, a great coder and he's willing to work as hard as you are, I'd go for the 50/50 split. If that's not the case, I don't really know what

If he's a good friend, a great coder and he's willing to work as hard as you are, I'd go for the 50/50 split. If that's not the case, I don't really know what you should do. Few things are worse than having one cofounder work harder than the other cofounder despite an equal equity split.