Every startup reaches the same inflection point eventually. The idea is validated enough to move forward, the vision is clear enough to build around, and the one thing standing between where you are and where you need to be is a working product. That is the moment the developer search begins - and for most founders, it is also the moment things start getting complicated in ways nobody prepared them for. The options look straightforward on the surface. Post on a freelance platform, interview a few candidates, pick the one who seems most capable, and get building. Simple enough in theory. In practice, the search drags on longer than expected, the interviews are hard to evaluate without a technical background, the person you eventually hire takes weeks to ramp up, and somewhere along the way the timeline you told your early users has quietly become unrealistic. None of this is anybody's fault.…