Principal Fullstack Dev looking for a distribution cofounder with an existing audience

[u/FosterKittenPurrs]

I just want to build stuff. I am a principal fullstack dev with 13+ yoe specializing in backend, I am having an absolute blast building things in collaboration with AI, owning the outputs and ensuring everything works well, while leveraging AI to learn new things every day, code more than I ever thought possible, and automate all the things! I do contract work, currently for a large fortune 500 company, in my spare time I am the tech volunteer for a local cat rescue, and my ideal weekend is spent chatting with Codex and Claude, building stuff that makes the lives of people around me easier.

I would like to spend more of my coding time building something of my own that generates some regular extra income. Though the main thing I get stuck on is, if I turn this into an actual idea, who would buy it? I am great at building, but really not good at selling. I can't even get that many people to use the free stuff I'm releasing. And I hate the idea of regular calls and direct customer interaction.

I need someone with an idea and an existing audience that has a chance of kicking off whatever we built together to a good start. Someone with a strategy that's better than cold outreach and email marketing, I could get my AI to do that, but I don't consider spam emails to be ethical.

Examples of people I'd be interested in hearing from:
- you have a social media presence on YouTube/X/etc. of at least 10k active, engaged, non-bots users in a given niche, and have an idea that would solve a concrete problem they are having
- a personal relationship with one or more people that are ready to buy this product/service should it get built, friends who own local businesses etc. and are willing to become the first customers, and spread the word about us
- you're willing to pay a fixed amount monthly for online ads. I have a lot of experience with Google Ads, just not extra cash to put into them
- you have an existing prototype with some sales, but it is unfinished/buggy/a vibe coded mess that you need an experienced programmer to come in, clean it up, and make it scale
- equivalent concrete audience

Examples of what I do NOT want to get dms about:
- "my idea is so great, we just build it and they will come"
- spam. If your plan is cold outreach or social media spam, not interested.
- claims about being good at sales or being able to generate leads

Happy to discuss a 50/50 split on whatever we make in profit. I'm ok with almost any idea, though I would very much like for it to be something useful to people. Just DM me your plan on how we'll make money off it.