I think I spent way too long building before talking to users.
I made the classic mistake.
I convinced myself that if I just added one more feature, then I'd be ready to show people.
That "one more feature" turned into weeks of work.
Eventually I forced myself to stop coding and start talking to people who actually use AI every day.
The conversations were a bit humbling.
A feature I thought would be the biggest selling point barely came up.
Meanwhile, almost everyone mentioned the same annoyance:
They were constantly jumping between AI tools, copying context from one chat to another, and trying to remember what each conversation was about.
That wasn't even the problem I originally thought I was solving.
So I changed direction.
Instead of trying to build another "AI that does everything," I'm focusing on making AI workflows feel less chaotic. The idea behind my micro SaaS (FlexoraAI) is that different AI agents handle different jobs, while keeping the workflow in one place.
I'm still very early, and honestly I'm trying hard not to fall back into feature-building mode.
Right now I'm spending more time talking to people than writing code.
It's uncomfortable, but it feels like the right trade-off.
I'm curious how other solo founders handle this.
At what point do you stop building and say, "This is good enough—I need feedback now"?
I feel like that's a lesson I should've learned much sooner.