Nice idea. I actually save the gems I find here. So in no particular order, wisdom from the archives -
enobrev 673 days ago on 'The self-hating web developer':
> I've always been a fan of collecting money for solving problems and letting others worry about whether what I'm doing qualifies as "real" programming. Knowing how to listen to potential clients has gotten me a lot further than worrying whether PHP is a real programming language.
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kingsidharth 2356 days ago on 'Evernote makes $800,000 per Month':
> This is the biggest mistake most of the people make. If it worked that way, every weekend app released here would be making tons of money. (We have better apps here as weekend projects than out there in market).But this is NOT app v/s app game. This is business v/s app. And you can't take down a business with an app. You need to create a business.
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knob 1217 days ago on Your best passive income? (2014):
ozh:
> "Do some freelancing during office hours & double the income."
viach:
> This would not be passive.
knob:
> You have to think bigger man.
Outsource the outsourcement... Interact with top-level outsourcer once per week... he interacts with low-level outsourcer daily.
Profit.
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mcphage 653 days ago on Japanese mini Segway “WalkCar”:
> "Can you remember the Segway?"
> Yeah.
> "And how we all thought of it as the new way of human transportation?"
> No, I don't remember that bit.
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cableshaft 619 days ago on '‘Give Away Your Legos’ and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups':
pbreit:
> I dunno, hopping on board the rocket ship still seems a lot easier than building the rocket ship.
cableshaft:
> But building the rocket ship is more fun. Especially if you know it's going to explode midair once it's launched and you don't have to be in it when it does.
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graycat 760 days ago on First Round Capital Open Application for Startups:
> Can a solo founder of an IT startup hope to be successful without equity funding? Should be: All across the US, cross roads to the largest cities, solo founders do well mowing grass, selling pizza or hamburgers, pumping gas, paving driveways, ..., big-truck, little-truck distribution businesses, etc. without equity funding. IT should be an advantage.
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puranjay 838 days ago on 'Why Learning to Code Is So Damn Hard':
> I have the same issue (find the time). I've set aside 10pm-2am every weekday to learn how to code, plus entire Saturdays and Sunday mornings. I can, at most, manage 20-25 hours, usually when I'm already bogged down.
I've been toying with the idea of quitting everything and going all-in for 3-6 months.
Would that be 100% retarded or just about 70% retarded?
I can live with 70%.
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And my favorite:
blake8086 1962 days ago on 'How Trello is different':
spolsky:
> We wouldn't provide that kind of support, nor would be it be expected, for a free and easy-to-use product.
blake8086:
> I think you deeply underestimate the sense of entitlement people get about products they enter lots of text into.
enobrev 673 days ago on 'The self-hating web developer':
> I've always been a fan of collecting money for solving problems and letting others worry about whether what I'm doing qualifies as "real" programming. Knowing how to listen to potential clients has gotten me a lot further than worrying whether PHP is a real programming language.
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kingsidharth 2356 days ago on 'Evernote makes $800,000 per Month':
> This is the biggest mistake most of the people make. If it worked that way, every weekend app released here would be making tons of money. (We have better apps here as weekend projects than out there in market).But this is NOT app v/s app game. This is business v/s app. And you can't take down a business with an app. You need to create a business.
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knob 1217 days ago on Your best passive income? (2014):
ozh: > "Do some freelancing during office hours & double the income."
viach: > This would not be passive.
knob: > You have to think bigger man. Outsource the outsourcement... Interact with top-level outsourcer once per week... he interacts with low-level outsourcer daily. Profit.
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mcphage 653 days ago on Japanese mini Segway “WalkCar”:
> "Can you remember the Segway?"
> Yeah.
> "And how we all thought of it as the new way of human transportation?"
> No, I don't remember that bit.
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cableshaft 619 days ago on '‘Give Away Your Legos’ and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups':
pbreit: > I dunno, hopping on board the rocket ship still seems a lot easier than building the rocket ship.
cableshaft: > But building the rocket ship is more fun. Especially if you know it's going to explode midair once it's launched and you don't have to be in it when it does.
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graycat 760 days ago on First Round Capital Open Application for Startups:
> Can a solo founder of an IT startup hope to be successful without equity funding? Should be: All across the US, cross roads to the largest cities, solo founders do well mowing grass, selling pizza or hamburgers, pumping gas, paving driveways, ..., big-truck, little-truck distribution businesses, etc. without equity funding. IT should be an advantage.
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puranjay 838 days ago on 'Why Learning to Code Is So Damn Hard':
> I have the same issue (find the time). I've set aside 10pm-2am every weekday to learn how to code, plus entire Saturdays and Sunday mornings. I can, at most, manage 20-25 hours, usually when I'm already bogged down. I've been toying with the idea of quitting everything and going all-in for 3-6 months. Would that be 100% retarded or just about 70% retarded? I can live with 70%.
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And my favorite:
blake8086 1962 days ago on 'How Trello is different':
spolsky: > We wouldn't provide that kind of support, nor would be it be expected, for a free and easy-to-use product.
blake8086: > I think you deeply underestimate the sense of entitlement people get about products they enter lots of text into.