As a data engineer who has little experience in full-stack software development, I ve been experimenting with vibe coding tools to move fast in the early stages.

My flow looked like this:

Prototyped the main UI in V0 (after 300+ iterations/conversations back and forth)

There s a lot of talk about freedom, flexibility, owning your time, and 100% equity.

But behind the scenes, being a solo founder is also full of hidden challenges emotionally, financially, and logistically.

As a solo founder, you wear all the hats: product, design, marketing, support, strategy and sleep, if there's time.