Building software is literally getting easier and easier. What I ve noticed is that just a few years ago, you really needed knowledge, a team, and solid know-how to make the whole process work.

But now, with all these tools popping up on the market almost daily like Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, and so many others it s incredibly easy to build software.

I learned this the hard way after spending weeks staring at dashboards trying to reverse-engineer why people dropped off.

Someone showed interest didn't convert. Someone signed up never came back. Someone was on a trial quietly disappeared.

We ve all heard about (or encountered) those engineers who may not be traditional full-stack wizards or algorithm experts, but they bring an incredible sense of product intuition, aesthetic feel, and energy to a team. They're fast, creative, and can spin up delightful MVPs or prototypes that just feel right. Think: indie hacker meets front-end flow state.

I m wondering:

Has anyone here tried building with a vibe-first mindset or brought on someone like that early on?

What worked, what didn t?

I've been thinking about this while getting closer to launching my own product.

There are so many new products launching every day that simply saying I built this doesn't really give someone a reason to try it.

So when you discover a product built by a solo founder or a very small team then what actually makes you stop scrolling and to look what they really built?

Is it the problem they're solving, demo, story behind the product, social proof, recommendations from others or something else?

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For the past few months, there has been discussion in Europe about creating a concept like EU Inc. (the 28th regime) a single pan-European legal company structure with:

• 100% online incorporation

• extremely fast setup (target: ~48 hours)

• operation across the entire EU without needing to establish 27 separate companies

• a digital-first corporate lifecycle

So far, within Europe, people most often set up companies in Estonia, mainly due to its low tax burden and fully digital infrastructure, as well as in countries like the Czech Republic, Slovakia, or Hungary.

There are plenty of tools that seem useful on paper, yet something makes us close the tab instantly.

Sometimes it s pricing, sometimes messaging, sometimes the onboarding feels unclear.

Often it s a gut feeling that s hard to explain.