Really inspiring read. I've been thinking about doing something similar but I always give up early and do not believe in it.
really appreciate that amunozo (author here)
Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship
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Re: Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship
#12View page source is, as was mentioned in the article, magical. The fact that by publishing something online you make it available for everyone else to learn from is astonishing.
It used to be knowledge was locked up in books and putting them in libraries for free access was revolutionary, but libraries don't compare to the knowledge transfer benefits of view source in terms of cost and ease. (Obv libraries have a wider base of knowledge to distribute.)
Even today, with all the obfuscation and minification, devtools offers a lot of the same benefits as "view source" did.
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#13Ah yes, how our cozy internet of sharing was infiltrated and ultimately ruined by people looking to simply earn a living. Bigger players took down smaller ones (ruining things further) until we eventually stopped making websites for them. Earning money was replaced by fiat-like pyramid schemes. The remaining scrap was quickly "copied" into LLM's and soon I'm sure there will be all knowing humanoid robots walking around. What comes after that?
Re: Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship
#14View page source is, as was mentioned in the article, magical. The fact that by publishing something online you make it available for everyone else to learn from is astonishing. It used to be knowledge was locked up in books and putting them in libraries for free access was revolutionary, but libraries don't compare to the knowledge transfer benefits of view source in terms of cost and ease. (Obv libraries have a wid…
(author here)... I honestly was scared of it first, as I thought if I edited the code, I'd accidentally change/update the other persons website...
Re: Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship
#15As a fan it's strange to see no mention of vidaliaonions.com
Oh wow. I'd read that post before but didn't make the connection to this one. Well worth a read as well:
https://www.deepsouthventures.com/i-sell-onions-on-the-inter...
Re: Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship
#16this is highly dated... 2004-2008, the opportunities were others than today's
The opportunities are different, but the attitude of keeping your eyes open to opportunities and figuring out what works is still true.
It is so noisy and crowded that I wonder if it is worth spending time and energy looking for opportunities.
Re: Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship
#17this is highly dated... 2004-2008, the opportunities were others than today's
> highly dated Article is published: > June, 2024 I don't understand what you mean.
Most of the stuff in the article happened between ~2003-2010 at first glance, which is what he means probably (even though it was published in 2024.)
Re: Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship
#18Ah yes, how our cozy internet of sharing was infiltrated and ultimately ruined by people looking to simply earn a living. Bigger players took down smaller ones (ruining things further) until we eventually stopped making websites for them . Earning money was replaced by fiat-like pyramid schemes. The remaining scrap was quickly "copied" into LLM's and soon I'm sure there will be all knowing humanoid robots walking aro…
The old and trusted face-to-face human interaction.
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#19> I didn’t raise any money for these projects. I funded them with my 9-5 salary. Solo. And the reason for that was simple – why on earth would I vehemently abandon boneheaded micro-managing layoff kings in the 9-5 world only to raise money & adopt a board of boneheaded micro-managing layoff kings in the startup world. If I’m gonna build, I’m gonna have free-rein decision making to pursue any and all ludicrous busines…
appreciate that, leetrout (Peter here)
Re: Being laid off and unplanned entrepreneurship
#20Were there other sites between AppalachianTrail.com and DudeRanch.com? Seems like a big jump from $3k to $17k, for something that, in my opinion, doesn't seem like a sure winner worth 5x the first one.