I’ve now spoken to hundreds of founders and indie builders who are all-in on AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude, Devin-style agents, etc.). The pattern is the same: they light up describing the dopamine hit of watching entire features or apps materialize in front of their eyes in minutes instead of days. It feels like pure magic… until you zoom out. Almost everyone I talk to has shipped something - a prototype, an MVP, a landing page with real backend logic - but very few have actually stuck around long enough to get meaningful traction or sales. The moment the thrill fades or a new idea pops up, they’re off building the next thing. So I stopped asking the usual “success metric” question (“How many sales have you made?”). It just makes people defensive and misses the real dynamic at play. The question that actually reveals what’s happening is: “How long did you stay with your last AI-built project before you started the next one?” Curious to hear from the community:
- If you’re a founder or solo builder using AI daily for coding, how long do your projects typically last before the itch to start something new kicks in?
- Has AI coding actually made you less likely to ship and iterate on one thing long-term?
- Or have you found ways to fight the addiction and actually reach revenue / product-market fit? Looking for honest war stories - not hype, not doomer takes. Just the real pattern you’re seeing in yourself or others. Not many devs or AI experts love the sales element or even the thought of it just makes most run for the hills. submitted by /u/jason_digital
Originally posted by u/jason_digital on r/ArtificialInteligence