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Solo Dev Discovers Plans Rotting While Code Thrives – Here's the Fix

Imagine shipping features while your master plan screams 'not started.' That's the nightmare hitting solo devs everywhere. One founder's brutal rewrite reveals the rot.

theAIcatchup Apr 10, 2026 3 min read
Solo developer auditing stale project plans against clean codebase on screen

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Plans rot silently without linters or reviews; code doesn't. 𝕏
  • Solo devs: Dump system state before rewriting roadmaps. 𝕏
  • Sequential plan reads reveal merges; one commit locks truth. 𝕏
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