AMA: 7+ years in software, resigned to build solo with AI — A ChatGPT line changed it all! Day 50🔥

Today I hit a 50-day streak on Product Hunt.🔥

I joined, stayed, learned how this community works — and today felt like the right day to stop lurking in the background and actually introduce myself.

Who I am:

I'm Shiran. 7+ years in the software industry — started as a Business Analyst, moved into consulting, then spent years as a Software Project Manager handling complex, multi-project environments.

One thing I was genuinely good at: fixing problems before they became expensive. Not reactive firefighting — proactive pattern recognition. Spotting the thing that's about to go wrong before anyone else in the room felt it. That instinct saved a lot of time and money on the projects I managed.

The irony? I couldn't apply that same clarity to my own projects.

The honest part:

I have a diary I call my "Idea Bank." Every idea that hits me — during a morning run, in the shower, mid-read — goes straight into it. I elaborate it. I refine it. I plan it.

And for years — nothing shipped.

I spent months planning a coaching platform. Weeks turned into months. I hit a budget wall and paused it. But honestly, even before that I was doing what I always did — perfecting the plan instead of building anything.

The real blocker wasn't just planning. I'm not a developer. And for the longest time, I knew that bringing any of these ideas to life meant hiring someone — which meant budget I didn't have. So ideas stayed in the Idea Bank. Well-documented. Going nowhere.

Then AI changed the equation.

I started seeing people vibe coding actual products. I tested it. And something clicked — because what is vibe coding, really, if not instructing an AI on exactly what you want built, how a feature should behave, and how to handle edge cases before they even surface? That was literally my job for years. I just never had a machine on the other end that could execute it. Asking the right question at the right time to get exactly what you need — that's a PM skill. I'd been sharpening it for years without realizing it would become my biggest advantage as a solo builder.

So I challenged myself. If I could brief a team of developers, I could brief an AI. And I was right.

What also changed:

Around the same time, I was deep in a planning spiral with ChatGPT and it said something that stopped me mid-scroll:

"Your risk is not execution. Your risk is over-planning without shipping."

That hit personally. Because it wasn't a generic AI response. It was describing me, exactly.

I dropped the coaching platform strategically and pivoted to a problem I had lived myself — something I'd already tried to solve manually, on myself. A discipline system I quietly built to rewire how I approach focus and consistency. Tested it. It worked. Now I'm converting it into something structured that other people can actually use.

One rule going forward: no more perfecting. Ship first.

I resigned from the company I worked at for over 6 years. Went solo — no co-founder, no team. Just me, AI tools, and a vibe coding workflow.

What followed was a series of things I still can't fully explain. Not all of them happened after I decided to resign — some came along the way, almost like the path was being laid out one step at a time. An opportunity appearing exactly when I needed it. A critical technical approval landing on the same day I officially closed one chapter. Things I had done years ago in completely different contexts suddenly becoming useful in ways I never planned for.

I'm not usually the person who talks like this. But at some point you stop calling it coincidence.

Some days it genuinely feels like life was quietly preparing me for this the whole time. And honestly? I'm really enjoying the process.

What I can talk about:

• The PM-to-builder transition: what transfers, what doesn't

• Why over-planning is a real trap — and how I'm fighting it now

• Vibe coding as a non-developer with a PM brain

• Solo founding: the mental game, the wins, the hard days

• Pre-launch: outreach, personal branding, building an audience before you have a product to show

Ask me anything. 👇

Especially if you're a PM sitting on an Idea Bank of your own — I see you.