[renegade-otter]

UX/UI matters because people are used to it. You have to have an insufferable need for a product to deal with bad UI. In the olden days, users didn't know better. HTML forms were primitive, now they are server-powered applications in their own right.

The users have been spoiled by slick, polished products. This used to be NOT the case. You could build something stupid out of boredom in a few days and walk into riches.

Frankly, the HN comments here sound quite condescending and snooty, telling me to find a narrower niche, be a better entrepreneur, and just maybe I don't know how to write code.

Not the point.