It pained me to do so but I let the deadline pass without submitting my application. I checked regularly to see when they would open the application again and started on my answers straight away. The application made me realise I didn't check half as many of the "good start-up" boxes as I had hoped.

As much as I wanted to apply,I didn't want to waste the YCombinators time with a easily rejectable application. If I get a rejection in the future, I at least want to know they had a little bit of a tougher time getting rid of me :)

I'm determined to use the next few months to build a better demo & hopefully solve the issue of being a solo founder.