[waldopat]

That's my take too. Perhaps $80M for free organic users was a steal?

I do think credit is due to the founder, because he was able to single handedly build and market a valuable solution. That said, he also pushed code every day without code reviews. This is how you get technical debt and security vulnerabilities so fast.

[j45]

For sure, shipping and iterating quickly to solve a problem people had vs just one's own vision and interpretation is really commendable.

The scary and exciting thing is it's still possible today with other needs.