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This is great advice. When I created http://sleepyti.me http://sleepyti.me, the first place I posted it was here to HN for feedback. Using that feedback, I was

This is great advice. When I created http://sleepyti.me http://sleepyti.me, the first place I posted it was here to HN for feedback. Using that feedback, I was able to make signficant improvements and bug fixes. Reddit's /r/web_design subreddit helped me out with the look of the page, and now my site--albeit not a startup--is earning almost enough money to pay my rent. It's not a $200M Heroku buyout, but it's not bad for a small, simple web app. As others have said in this thread, the most important part is to genuinely want help, feedback and discussion. Don't post to HN to argue with participants, or to try to spam your link enough to get noticed. The value of the HN homepage isn't necessarily the traffic, but the feedback.

alex_c 16y ago
"Sleepyti.me is provided as a free service" Curious about how it's earning money (unless you mean a different site)
- danielh 16y ago
  Probably through the ads that are shown once you submit the form.
  - alex_c 16y ago
    Ah, wasn't seeing any ads (disabled AdBlock, and I still don't).
fezzl 16y ago
If the average human being takes 14 minutes to fall asleep, why don't you just bake that into your calculator, so we don't have to "plan accordingly?" On a side note, making enough cash to pay rent is really enviable, especially considering the nature of the web app. Good job.