a solo dev with a dream and drive is destined for greatness
clanker started and survived with just me on the sticks devving. eventually once it hit escape velocity, that's when the cracked yung, lily, and carter (+ multi-talented moon too) were essential to scaling.
moral of the story here is that you can just build things, especially now with the toolkits & low barrier to entry (AI, hosting, free resources) it's a one-man army now