I read somewhere that Hacker News should have been named Startup News, and sometimes interactions like the one upthread reminds me of that. I'm not saying it's wrong - if you're good at something don't do it for free and all that - but it's kinda sad that in-depth discussions on public forums are getting harder and harder to find these days.
Normal conversations by topic enthusiasts usually have fun stuff hidden in their profiles and at times lead to fun rabbit holes where you endlessly learn and somehow, forgot that you were initially browsing HN.
Agree about the public discussion part, one of the reasons why I'm here lately.
Also, why can't someone create Startup News: Where every article reply is an opportunity to be sold a service, SN would take a cut of transactions. /s
These are people already trying to divert the discussion off-site for their benefit. Very few would honestly report any resulting transaction for the cut to be taken from.
[yeah, it did see the sarcasm tag, just clarifying to put off would be entrepreneurs so we aren't inundated by show-hn posts from people vibe-coding the idea over the next few days!]
I saw the follow-up responses complaining about you soliciting, but I've got no problem with you offering to solve a problem and being remunerated for it.
However, my lab is a brokedick operation with barely enough cash reserves to pay staff salaries. We sincerely do not have the budget to buy new software, especially after the NIH funding cuts.