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Re:Simple Analytics hits $4k MRR and shares its numbers by _frkl on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:03PM (#22310505)
Early days, no? Honestly, to me running my own thing, incl. the possibility of failure and everything else that comes along with it sounds like a way better proposition than getting a mid level 9 to 5 job. So, congrats to OP.

Fair enough if it doesn't sound appealing to you, I can totally see how that might not seem interesting for all types of personalities, but there are all sorts, right?

Either way, I don't think focussing on that figure and dismissing something like this out of hand, assuming others have the same priorities makes a whole lot of sense. I think the world would be quite a bit more boring if people wouldn't try out things, ignoring the temptations that come alonng with job security and all that jazz.

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Re:Simple Analytics hits $4k MRR and shares its numbers by smt88 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:28PM (#22311300)
As I commented elsewhere, I'm not saying that I know enough about OP to suggest that the business has failed and it should shut down. Far from it. If he's happy, he should keep going.

My question is rather about why HN would find this interesting. It was a sincere question. Simple analytics has been beaten to death as a product, and when it's done "well", this community tends to have ethical misgivings about it.

So is it the experiment in transparency? Is it that I'm totally missing something novel or useful about the product?

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Re:Simple Analytics hits $4k MRR and shares its numbers by hombre_fatal on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:53PM (#22311567)
We are a community of craftspeople and like to see others make an attempt, especially the trope/plight of the solo developer trying to start a SaaS. Simple as.

Doesn't mean we're all craving to add a tracking pixel to our websites just because we upvoted it, I'd say the tracking aspect is not as interesting, it's more the solo-SaaS-porn. And the hubris + sport of "damn, I could build this" in the back of our heads. It's HN crack.

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Re:Simple Analytics hits $4k MRR and shares its numbers by cercatrova on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:46PM (#22314909)
Hacker News is run by Y Combinator, which funds startups, potentially like this one if it can be shown to grow well. Due to such roots, members on HN generally like startup-related posts, whether good or bad.
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