Aiden Bai on 10 months of dead side projects: agents breed shiny object syndrome
aidenybai · x · 2026-10-21
AI builder Aiden Bai (70k followers) reflects on the number of dead side projects he churned through in 10 months: with agents, it's easy to fall for shiny object syndrome and hard to compound on something truly great. His takeaway: reason less and work in a simpler, more focused way.
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