Dev warns founder mode is a trap: your next idea is probably oneshottable by SOTA models
zack_overflow · x · 2026-10-28
Developer zackoverflow argues that "founder mode" is a trap right now: agents made building so easy that everyone feels they could start a company, but 90% of people aren't thinking big enough to actually make it.
He nearly went founder mode himself, then realized every idea he came up with would likely be oneshottable by the next wave of SOTA models — a prediction that proved true when Fable shipped. His takeaway: his priors were still tuned to a pre-AGI world and needed shaking up before building anything.
The post responds to bentossell's months-long cycle of excitement and doubt over choosing a business direction.
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