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Thanks for sharing your insights. > Any of my limited success in life has come from my willingness to build things that already exist... ...You just need to ca

Thanks for sharing your insights. > Any of my limited success in life has come from my willingness to build things that already exist... ...You just need to capture a small slice of an existing market to make a bit of money. That is an incredible piece of advice. I often get disappointed or lose the motivation to keep building something that already exists. So reading this really helps knowing its not silly to feel that way but you have to go past it and be willing to create it despite knowing its not unique. Thanks OP.

stanmancan 4y ago
Yes exactly! I have another side project that had multiple competitors when I built it. I wanted to learn, had a need for it myself, and shared it for fun because why not. Its a decade only now, requires zero maintenance, and brings in about $30k ARR (2/3 of it is ad revenue, 1/3 is subscriptions) and costs $40/m to run. I definitely got lucky in terms of its limited success, but I couldn’t have gotten lucky if I wasn’t willing to try. Just keep building.