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by JackOfCrows 1290 days ago
Literally everyone in any field has a drawer full of great ideas. The "idea guy" is a myth unless you're rich enough to buy companies and actually make your great idea. Until you actually have something what you have is the software equivalent of people with a "great idea" for a novel they will never write.

What you should be afraid of is someone having the same idea or realizing the same need and moving faster while you worry about someone stealing it.

Now the truly truly savvy thing to wonder is: if this is such a great idea, why hasn't anyone done it before? Because a lot of times, someone has but hadn't pursued it for good reasons. Or they did and found out why no one was competing in the space.