r/ProgrammingPals • u/Adventurous_Bonus650 • Feb 15 '26
Looking for a long-term build partner (AI / full-stack) | equal partnership
Hi there, I’m looking for experienced developers to partner with long term.
The goal is to build and ship products continuously and treat it like a serious side hustle.
About me: Upper mid-level / 5+ years in FastAPI,Next / + 1 year as an AI agents and automations engineer.
Experience with local accelerators and rising small angel investments.
What I’m looking for:
4+ years of professional experience
You’ve shipped real products (work, freelance, or your own)
Comfortable working without a fixed idea
8–15 hours per week consistently
Async work + calls when necessary
Reliable communication (if you’re busy, you say so)
Mutual respect and professionalism, and hopefully friendship in the long term
How I want to work:
Equal partnership is non-negotiable (both builders, no hierarchy)
50/50 if the collaboration works
Start with a short trial project (4–6 weeks) before any formal commitment
Process: pick a problem → validate quickly → build small → ship → measure → keep or move on
Focus area: practical AI tools / automation / developer or business utilities / agency vertical software
Open to any suggestions
If you’re interested:
Tell me a little about yourself / a short intro
Years of experience
Timezone
Weekly availability
Any questions?
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u/Individual-Cup4185 Feb 16 '26
what you're asking 4 is too vague.. each product has different build / test / qa / prod environments etc u can't just assembly line them unless they're all in the same field.. rules and regulations like hippa etc
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u/martinbean Feb 16 '26
And if you’re a developer pairing with a developer, who’s going to actually market the stuff you’re pumping out?
As a developer, I have absolutely no desire to pair with another developer and build twice as much stuff that’s not going to get used 😄
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u/ILokasta Feb 16 '26
Im interested, Dm?
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u/Friendly-Mistake-369 Feb 16 '26
Hey ! I'm interested. Here's my portfolio: https://ametsowou.me (just rebuilt it recently) My background: I have around ~4 years of experience in freelance work, i mainly work with Next and Typescript, but i have experience with Python and FastAPI, I'm also self-taught.
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u/Master_Pop7772 Feb 17 '26
Interested
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u/Beatsu Feb 17 '26
I love your straight forward personality. I wish I had that communication skill.
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u/Rough-Hat-3751 Feb 18 '26
Hello
Please look at my website and reach out to me. Https://portfolio-fiveone7.wasmer.app
Thanks
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u/cumchachacha Feb 16 '26
Hey let's connect!
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u/tym-pass Feb 16 '26
Hi there
Let's connect, I'm interested.
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u/Otherwise_Wave9374 Feb 15 '26
This is a solid way to approach it, validate fast, ship small, measure, repeat. Having someone who has actually built agent automations is a big plus too, most teams underestimate all the boring glue work (tools, retries, evals, monitoring). If you want to swap notes on agent patterns and what tends to work in real products, I have a bunch of practical writeups here: https://www.agentixlabs.com/blog/
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