请问HN：竞争对手已推出——是联系他们还是继续前进？
我在进行市场验证后，正在为一个创业想法构建一个最小可行产品（MVP）。这是一个个人的副业项目（目前我全职工作）。我已经制定了商业计划并开始了开发。
就在几天前，我发现另一位独立开发者推出了一个测试版，解决了完全相同的问题，并采用了类似的方法。从我了解的情况来看，他们是最近毕业的学生，似乎正在全职投入这个项目。
现在我在两个选择之间犹豫不决：
1. 继续推进，把他们的发布视为一种验证。缺点是他们已经有了先发优势，并且有更多的时间可用，因此我可能会面临追赶的风险。
2. 联系他们，看看是否有机会合作。我有更多的经验，虽然我还没有一个可用的产品，但我有一个完善的商业计划和部分开发成果。我只是还不确定我现在能提供什么样的杠杆或价值主张。
这里有没有人遇到过类似的情况？任何建议都将不胜感激。
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I've been building an MVP for a startup idea after doing some market validation. It’s a solo side project (currently work full-time). I’ve put together a business plan and started development.<p>Just a few days ago, I discovered that another solo developer launched a beta tackling the exact same problem, with a similar approach. From what I can tell, they’re a recent grad and appear to be working on this full-time.<p>Now I’m unsure between two options:<p>1. Keep going and treat their launch as validation. The downside is they have a head start and more available time, so I risk playing catch-up.<p>2. Reach out and see if there’s an opportunity to team up. I have more experience, and while I don’t have a working product yet, I do have a solid business plan and partial development. I’m just not sure what kind of leverage or value proposition I’d be offering right now.<p>Has anyone here faced a similar situation? Any advice would be appreciated.