I'd since gotten away from that, but it's something that still interests me. I posted this because I wanted to be transparent with my sites and hoped it would inspire others to do the same.
As for people copying the sites...go nuts. Enjoy the long nights and dashed dreams...I know I did.
This is Hacker News, you are free to do that. It inspires us actually.
This is why I go back to Hacker News everytime. I list the reasons again:
1) Because bunch of smart guys hang over here.
2) There's just so much to learn especially on starting a startup, this is one topic that I love because it teaches us something.
3) Because of PG.
And I think this topic teaches everyone of us something worth posting here in HN.
I originally started the blog with the goal of focusing on these type of side projects, whether they are mine or not. Check out the original mission statement: http://web.archive.org/web/20070224000551/www.pseudocoder.co...
I'd since gotten away from that, but it's something that still interests me. I posted this because I wanted to be transparent with my sites and hoped it would inspire others to do the same.
As for people copying the sites...go nuts. Enjoy the long nights and dashed dreams...I know I did.