I create hobby-projects for fun, I have two (I think?) that I charge money for. They'll never be "real" companies, but they cover their costs which is all I wanted.
I see broad trends on sites like this, for example you can pretty much pinpoint the moment that every other Show HN started adding "Deep Learning" to their submissions. That kind of herd-mentality is pretty depressing, but also fascinating to watch in action.
Startups as a meta-topic are fascinating, although again I have that same feeling of depression and sadness when I read "Growth hacking" tips that basically boil down to fancier ways to spam and mislead, but I appreciate reading about real people and real-projects. The posts that start out "I posted on my blog, which has 50 million readers, and suddenly I was profitable" are pretty unrealistic.
Simple projects that have slowly become more and more popular, like the guy who is frequently talking about his webcounters, are a breathe of fresh air from the hype.
I'm sure I could code a web-counter. I'm sure that it'd never become super-popular, because long-tail counts for a lot. Then again I do have a few readers of my blog ..
stevekemp|9 years ago
I create hobby-projects for fun, I have two (I think?) that I charge money for. They'll never be "real" companies, but they cover their costs which is all I wanted.
I see broad trends on sites like this, for example you can pretty much pinpoint the moment that every other Show HN started adding "Deep Learning" to their submissions. That kind of herd-mentality is pretty depressing, but also fascinating to watch in action.
Startups as a meta-topic are fascinating, although again I have that same feeling of depression and sadness when I read "Growth hacking" tips that basically boil down to fancier ways to spam and mislead, but I appreciate reading about real people and real-projects. The posts that start out "I posted on my blog, which has 50 million readers, and suddenly I was profitable" are pretty unrealistic.
Simple projects that have slowly become more and more popular, like the guy who is frequently talking about his webcounters, are a breathe of fresh air from the hype.
I'm sure I could code a web-counter. I'm sure that it'd never become super-popular, because long-tail counts for a lot. Then again I do have a few readers of my blog ..