Dont aim small or big. Aim smart. Do X where if X fails you get upsides Y, Z etc. Bonus points if Y and Z are strategic.

A common manifestation of this is the pivot but there are others.

Dating app or running club? Both may get you a date. One gets you fit and makes you friends if you fail.

Made friends? They introduce you to a date...

Keep your rent low. Live with family. Cross a border if needed.

Angels invest in projects.

> Keep your rent low.

Sure but living in Bumblefuck, Arkansas you'll be unlikely to find a good cofounder. Oakland is cheap but you might get shot. Places with BOTH peace of mind and talented people cost money.

> Live with family.

Families are often toxic and unsupportive of doing startups.

> Cross a border if needed.

This however is actually a good suggestion if you go to the right places.

Agree with all of that.

2020 happened though. Why do you physically need to meet your cofounder? Maybe make a million then treat yourself to go see them!

Slacks, Discords, and other such yacht clubs. Start with

https://www.buildclub.ai/

Even if not intereseted in AI.

XML has a sweet advantage though. It can be styled in the browser. For example a sitemap that works for Google, OpenAI, &c. and is human readable looking like a web page.

Example:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/sitemap.xml

This is fun, but in reality, not all that useful.

Except you can impress other nerds when they "view source" and there's not an HTML tag in sight.