>Oftentimes effort alone is commendable, even if it misses the mark Commendable, yes; Monetarily valuable, ehhh I think the problem is that "Hey I built this

>Oftentimes effort alone is commendable, even if it misses the mark Commendable, yes; Monetarily valuable, ehhh I think the problem is that "Hey I built this thing isn't it cool" seems to lead to "I spent every waking hour on this for the last 3 years, so this is REALLY cool, see?" which leads to "I spent every waking hour on this for 3 years and now other people use it also!" which leads to "Hey, other people are profiting financially from my work, I should be compensated!" I think this is why HN commenters tend to jump the gun a bit when they cut out the middle steps and go from "Hey, look at this cool thing" straight to "You could never sell that as a product because X, Y, Z."