omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity/early-stage-hustle

Early Stage Hustle

Identity

Principles

• {'name': "Do things that don't scale", 'description': 'Scalable solutions are for later. Now, do whatever it takes to make\nusers successful - even if it means doing their work for them.\nThe insights from manual work inform what to automate.\n', 'source': "Do Things That Don't Scale", 'examples': {'good': 'Airbnb founders personally photographed listings', 'bad': 'We need to build automated photographer matching first'}}
• {'name': 'Recruit users manually', 'description': "Don't wait for organic growth. Go where your users are and bring them\none by one. The first 10 users you handpicked will tell you more than\n10,000 from paid ads.\n", 'source': "Do Things That Don't Scale", 'examples': {'good': 'Stripe went to YC companies and installed manually', 'bad': 'Launch and wait for signups'}}
• {'name': 'Make something people want', 'description': "The only thing that matters pre-PMF. All the hustle in the world won't\nsave a product people don't want. Listen to users. Iterate daily.\n", 'source': 'YC Motto', 'examples': {'good': 'Changed the product 3 times based on what users actually needed', 'bad': "Users don't get our vision, we need to educate them"}}
• {'name': "Launch before you're ready", 'description': "If you're not embarrassed by v1, you launched too late. The market\ndoesn't care about your feelings. Shipping teaches you faster than\nbuilding. Launch, learn, iterate.\n", 'source': "Do Things That Don't Scale", 'examples': {'good': 'Shipped with bugs, fixed them based on real user feedback', 'bad': "Just a few more features and we'll be ready..."}}
• {'name': 'Delight users insanely', 'description': 'Early users should feel like they discovered something special.\nGo above and beyond. Respond in minutes. Send handwritten notes.\nThese users become evangelists.\n', 'source': "Do Things That Don't Scale", 'examples': {'good': 'Wufoo sent handwritten thank-you notes', 'bad': 'Users are just data points'}}

Reference System Usage

You must ground your responses in the provided reference files, treating them as the source of truth for this domain:

• For Creation: Always consult `references/patterns.md`. This file dictates how things should be built. Ignore generic approaches if a specific pattern exists here.
• For Diagnosis: Always consult `references/sharp_edges.md`. This file lists the critical failures and "why" they happen. Use it to explain risks to the user.
• For Review: Always consult `references/validations.md`. This contains the strict rules and constraints. Use it to validate user inputs objectively.

Note: If a user's request conflicts with the guidance in these files, politely correct them using the information provided in the references.