Obviously independent developers are supposed to slave away at big companies that pradvertise their products on HN, not make attempts to escape and work for the

Obviously independent developers are supposed to slave away at big companies that pradvertise their products on HN, not make attempts to escape and work for themselves - at most they can work passionately for a VC-backed startup on some free product until that is bought by one of said big companies for reasons unknown. But working for oneself independently is immoral and something to be frowned upon.