Chloe Bennett

Solo founders — how do you decide what NOT to build?

My backlog has 200 ideas. Every one feels important. Saying no is harder than writing the code.

Shipped fast for a year and accumulated so much tech debt the app started feeling slow.

Spent last week deleting code instead of adding it. App's faster, I understand it again, and honestly I'm happier. Sometimes the feature is "less."

Unpopular opinion: most "build in public" growth is just other builders watching each other.

Real users don't read your changelog. They care if it solves their problem. Useful for accountability, terrible as a growth strategy. Change my mind.