"To those of you who keep building things anyway: rock on." I think that for developers and pretty much anyone in a creative pursuit the above mentality is key

"To those of you who keep building things anyway: rock on." I think that for developers and pretty much anyone in a creative pursuit the above mentality is key. If you set out to build something solely for the money you are not going to produce something of the same quality as someone who builds something they want to build anyway, and consequently you will fail at your objective.