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levhawkyesterday at 4:13 PM1 replyview on HN

In the current era of urge to make things faster/more, that article felt refreshing. Good things take effort and time to create, and it is not something bad, it's just the way the things become good.


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mijustinyesterday at 5:43 PM

(Author of the post here) I think the key point is that even bad businesses take time and effort to create!

The distinction is between "low-hanging fruit" ideas ("Let's start a cafe!" "Let's start a WordPress theme business") and "high-value, high effort" ideas ("It's 2003. Let's build VoIP software.").

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