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andrewvc ◴[] No.44454291[source]
It’s a fun trip down memory lane, but the real story today, the sadder story, is that there is no longer any use for simple little programs like this that scratch an itch.

They’ve all been solved 100x over by founders who’ve been funded on this site. It used to make sense to have a directory or cgi-bin of helpful scripts. Now it only makes sense as a bit of nostalgia.

I miss the days when we had less, could get less done in a day… but felt more ownership over it. Those days are gone.

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1. ryandrake ◴[] No.44460290[source]
> They’ve all been solved 100x over by founders who’ve been funded on this site.

I’m kind of getting tired of software made by “founders,” who are just looking to monetize me and get their exit, as opposed to software written by normal users just wanting to be useful. I know I’m on the wrong website for this, but the world could use fewer “founders” trying to turn my eyeballs and attention into revenue.