👨‍💻 Building solo or with a team?
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I’m curious how other makers prefer to build.
There are obvious advantages to both.
Building solo can mean faster decisions, complete ownership, and no need to constantly align with someone else.
With a team, you get different perspectives, more skills, and someone to share the ups and downs with.
But of course, teamwork also brings communication, coordination, and sometimes slower decisions.
So what’s your experience?
Do you prefer building solo or with a team?
And if you’ve tried both, which one worked better for you?
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Solo, it’s not about speed solo is faster, no argument there. The real cost is coverage. No one’s there to spot the blind spot before it ships, no second pair of eyes when you’re too deep in a choice to see it straight.
So you compensate with tighter loops: ship small, see what breaks, fix it fast. No upfront second opinion, just real-world feedback.
What caught me off guard more than any communication drag ever did was decision fatigue. Every single call lands on you, all day long even the ones a team would just divide up. It piles up way faster than folks realize.
I prefer building solo when speed matters most. The freedom to decide quickly is great, but I sometims miss having someone challenge my assumptions. Do you think a small two person team gives the best balance?
I’d probably lean toward a small team.
Right now I’m building solo mostly because I don’t really have anyone to build with. I like the speed and freedom of making decisions on my own, but I can definitely see the downside too — especially when you have to handle product, development, marketing, and everything else yourself.
I think a small team of 2–3 people with complementary skills could be the sweet spot for me: still fast, but with someone to challenge ideas and share the workload with.
So for now: solo by necessity, small team by preference.
team for me, but only a small one. two people can move pretty fast without too much coordination overhead.
I have built both ways. Solo is faster but having someone challenge your assumptions is hard to replace.