The 20-something young hipsters in startups now, reading HN during compiles, mostly think the sky is the limit. Salad days, nothing but good times ahead. But we

The 20-something young hipsters in startups now, reading HN during compiles, mostly think the sky is the limit. Salad days, nothing but good times ahead. But we've seen this movie before, and it didn't end well the last time. The whole frenetic startup scene will eventually blow up again. IMO. Archive.org has quite a few captures of fuckedcompany.com, Pud's great site chronicling the (previous) dot com bust. I don't know if they archived everything; companies were blowing up on a daily basis, laying off people, missing payroll, closing doors without notice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucked_Company