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Man, this guy is impressive as well.

• cylinder 12y ago
  He went on to found Tarsnap about a year after that exchange. The whole thread is really incredible. Just a bit further down[1] you see someone criticize him and his startup (Tarsnap) for having a "phenomenal misunderstanding of what it takes to create a successful software startup." And then Drew Houston of Dropbox chimes in to say that he's building a similar backup solution.
  • typon 12y ago
    I just saw that. That's like history being made. Incredible.
  • cperciva 12y ago
    He went on to found Tarsnap about a year after that exchange. Your chronology is a bit off -- I started writing code about a year before that thread. I had my first alpha testers at the time, and opened Tarsnap to the general public a few months later.