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Imtiyaz

Competitor launched in just 2 weeks with AI… while I've been building for 8 months

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The other day on LinkedIn, I came across a competitor in my space. The founder proudly wrote in their bio: "Built the tool from idea to launch in just 2 weeks."

My first thought: wow that is really fast.

My second thought: wait, how??

So naturally, I signed up to try it.

And to be fair… nice landing page, great copy, but the product itself was completely broken. Bad UX, broken features, basically not usable at all beyond demo purposes.

And meanwhile here's me:

8 months in building Curatora.io, still in beta. Constantly telling myself:

- Can't launch until we fix that UX bug.

- Oh, and enterprise sales will expect this feature, better add it before launch.

And what we are building is not lightweight. It's not simply a prompt calling GPT. It’s a whole system:

- Pulling in and scraping data from hundreds of thousands of sources (possibly millions).

- In real time analyzing conversations, to see what's pulsing in a niche.

- And surfacing those insights into fresh content ideas that anyone can use.

A lot of heavy lifting to be done with real processing and algorithms under the hood. Of course I also use AI but I'm not vibe coding my way into a half-assed launch.

Still… seeing someone launch in 2 weeks makes me question myself.

Am I overthinking polish and stability? Or are they overhyping a product that won't last?

Crazy how in startup land, it feels like speed > quality. But does that actually win in the long run?

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Kyle Morris

I really feel this. It’s so easy to get caught up comparing timelines, but what you’re doing has depth and staying power. A quick launch might grab attention, but building something robust, scalable, and genuinely solving problems is what lasts.

The fact that you’re thinking about UX, enterprise needs, and long-term stability shows you’re building for real users — not just a demo. Speed gets you to market, but quality is what keeps people around.

Keep going — the effort you’re putting in now will pay off when customers see the difference between something polished and something rushed.

Aneesh M Bhat

Quality > speed, your approach will win long term.

Sheraz Abdul Hayee
I can relate to this while building Zanderio i faced similar situation. However when i tried the demo of competitor i clearly saw why they were not able to capitalize the initial hype. In this digital era, people need polished products that work seamlessly because our attention span is crazy short now thanks to reels. I will say dont worry keep going you will definitely get ur fair share as soon u will launch.