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It's encouraging to hear this can work. Of course that guy was extremely fortunate to be making something everyone was interested in, so it's still a risk (but
by hcopr 13y ago
It's encouraging to hear this can work. Of course that guy was extremely fortunate to be making something everyone was interested in, so it's still a risk (but then again: what isn't?).
- concerto 13y agoYou say fortunate, I say foresighted. In any event. I imagine that he started building it to meet his own needs and the growth of revenue now is a happy side-effect.
- hcopr 13y agoIt's probably always a bit of both, but I'd say that level of success doesn't come without the necessary context (several things have to conspire for it to happen). Anyway, it's an inspiring story!
- mperham 13y agoThere was no fortune to it, it was years of OSS work on lots of Ruby projects followed by a realization that existing solutions were terrible and I had the knowledge to make something better. Nothing like years of experience to put you in the right place at the right time.