Ok, fellow old hacker here. I have a similar problem and I found that a lot of the hand pain was from mouse/trackpad usage. My hands have been a lot happier since going to a trackball because I don't do nearly as much gripping and pressing.

Non-technical founder? Can you line up investors or customers based on your pitch? That's pretty much the acid test.

They didn't go anywhere. Lots of excellent starship/space opera novels out there with more coming out each year. There's just lots there stuff too. :)

Nice! Old me and my old bike are sticking to 200kms this year. :)

Who wants to be on-call for someone else's buggy vibe-coded app? Sign me right up for that...