The most satisfying part ideas is in the sharing. We are interested in sharing not building and turning them into businesses. We are poor judges of what works.

Ibrahim Diallo

A developer reflects on how people share business ideas seeking validation rather than execution. Drawing from college memories and Y Combinator experience, the author observes that AI chatbots have replaced developers as the go-to validators for startup ideas — but the dynamic hasn't changed: people want acknowledgment, not accountability. Most ideas never become businesses because the satisfaction is in the sharing, not the building.

Your friends are hiding their best ideas from you

<p>Many of them just have rough idea, no plan of execution to make it reality.  To make it to the execution and production you should have clear idea and focus otherwise even after having a validation it will not go anywhere.</p>
