Is AI-native solo development actually viable
After two months running a one-person software shop with Claude in the loop, the answer is yes, slowly. Here's what the bet looks like and where it bends.
Notes
Founder and builder notes from a one-person shop. Weekly on Thursdays.
In March I gave up on the job search
How a one-person shop went from cold job applications to seven projects across three countries in two months. The constraints, the bet, and the part still open.
What a one-person software shop runs on
A 7-year-old Macbook Air, a 500-euro mini-PC, Claude, and a stack of self-hosted services. The full production setup for a solo software shop with no ad budget.
Two months, three countries, seven projects
A short inventory of what a one-person AI-native software shop ships in two months across Spain, the Netherlands, and the Dominican Republic, plus what's still mid-build.