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Sure, but I think you have some survivor bias here. How many people turned out some software that they thought people needed but which nobody did? I don't hav

Sure, but I think you have some survivor bias here. How many people turned out some software that they thought people needed but which nobody did? I don't have any examples at hand but it's gotta be a whole lot.

visarga 5y ago
99% of github?
- rjbwork 5y ago
  Ahh, an optimist!
mooreds 5y ago
> How many people turned out some software that they thought people needed but which nobody did? Search "shutting down" on HN for a list: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=shutting%20down&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- GreenWatermelon 5y ago
  Man... it's like a graveyard and the titles are tombstones.
  - mooreds 5y ago
    I often think about how little code I've written over the decades is still being run. Not much. It reminds me of what is important in life.
    - c-linkage 5y ago
      To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women?
- sdf4j 5y ago
  Can't beat the "shutdownify is shutting down".
polote 5y ago
The point is not that every opinionated piece of tool is good, the point is that the best ones are opinionated.