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What were these kids thinking, starting some ambitious software project from scratch without much of a clue how to do it? This is unheard of on the internet!
by Volscio 16y ago
What were these kids thinking, starting some ambitious software project from scratch without much of a clue how to do it? This is unheard of on the internet!
- agentultra 16y agoI don't see what point you're trying to make. My point is that their problem is other peoples' expectations. Their ambition set the bar before they'd written a single line of code. Had they been more humble and waited to ask for a handout afte they had released what they have now I don't think there would be half as many articles hitting HN about how crappy their software is. I think that they released something is great. I would never put some one down for having ambitions and aspirations to follow them. I would simply advise that they keep those ambitions to themselves and let their actions speak for them.
- Volscio 16y agoI think the "ambitions" you're ascribing to them are based on your own interpretation of events. They sought a little seed money (what was it? $4k?) to try to do something pretty cool. They happened to do it at just the right time and rode a wave of publicity and enthusiasm. Now people like you are saying, well they should have planned it better. Well, they should have released a more mature project before begging for handouts. Well, they should have let security experts do it. They didn't plan this. But they're giving it a shot. Haters gon' hate.