[jasonkester]

It always makes me smile to see a submission like this.

  - Solves an actual problem that people actually have.

  - Charges money to solve that problem.  Without apology or explanation.

My advice to anybody here who doesn't yet have a product out there: Do what this guy did. Build something small that people will pay for.

My advice to anybody here who's currently building one of the four dozen photo tweeting services/Facebook cookie cleaners/thing-that-fixes-the-css-on-hackernews's that get submitted here every day: Stop. Then do what this guy did. Build something small that people will pay for.

[rokhayakebe]

Your advice is only half right.

Older businessmen know something the internet generation doesn't. You need one business as your cash cow which will allow you to toy with other businesses.

So yes build something small that people will pay for, or find a way to get passive income. Now that you have that, you have all the freedom in the world to build yet another photo sharing app that may get you $100M.

[mtogo]

> My advice to anybody here who's currently building one of the four dozen photo tweeting services/Facebook cookie cleaners/thing-that-fixes-the-css-on-hackernews's that get submitted here every day: Stop.

Hi. I rather enjoy making little css-mess-withers and other things that may not be quite as profitable as this. We all have things we enjoy doing, and I'm going to keep doing the things i enjoy doing.

So thanks for the unsolicited advice, but I think I'll survive without it.