This is misleading because if LifeHacker hadn't found your article on HackerNews, everything else probably wouldn't have happened. So I don't know if I would wa

This is misleading because if LifeHacker hadn't found your article on HackerNews, everything else probably wouldn't have happened. So I don't know if I would want to build something people wanted, and not focus on marketing... and hope one or two people spread the word to others. You might've gotten lucky. Yes, building something people want is the first step, but there's more.