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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?
- throw03172019 11mo agoI 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.
- kevos 11mo agoI've seen that too. My master prompt specifically asks to challenge the question/request with critical thinking and play devils advocate
- throw03172019 11mo agoCare to share? Thanks!
- kevos 11mo agocan't share the PRD context obviously :) but here's the master prompt: https://gist.github.com/just-digital/d695c4956edc9e76d9d4860c0992821b https://gist.github.com/just-digital/d695c4956edc9e76d9d4860...
- throw03172019 11mo agoOf course I was referring to the master prompt :) Thanks for sharing! Very helpful to get a better discussion
- Onboardly 11mo agoi found it spiraling after a while (used chatgpt). what worked for me in the end were actual advisors. (pro bono)