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by johnj-hn 23 days ago
Can you talk a little about what "further" means to you?
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Sure:

1. A primary meaning, "Further" means "revenue" (or "profit"). You and your AI together can sit and create a competitor to Windows 11, do the marketing copy, a sales strategy, feature testing etc, but without a team that product isn't going anywhere.

2. A secondary meaning, "Further" means "Stamina". You + AI can create everything above, but without a community (whether paying customers or free users), the product dies when your interest in it dies, even if it is still making money!

Ok, I see where we diverge now. My project is free and open-source so there's no money at play here. It's a labor of love. I agree with you if you're talking about a for-profit product that you'll probably do better with a team.
Even as a labor of love, the second definition still applies. Once your interest wains, the project dies.
Sure but if it's open-source then anyone is free to fork it to keep it going, if they want to. That's the beauty of open-source.
Neither of those definitions require a team. There are many solo founders making tons of money, like Pieter Levels, and he has a community too.
I see OP responded but I'd add on that "further" can mean product vision and pivots. When you're the only one in the room that voice is limited; even when you may have only listened to 1% of these pitches it may be the one you never would've come up with.

It can mean the power of delegation and creativity. The worst kind of teams are monocular, democratically oriented teams where every member must be on and act in the same manner. It's great for efficiency, it's horrible for productivity and creativity.