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Re:Show HN: My minimum viable side project by tycho77 on Saturday November 12, 2011 @10:57PM (#3229845)
Sorry to be a downer, but Wolfram Alpha has beaten you to the punch:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Andrew

Re:Show HN: My minimum viable side project by jaynate on Sunday November 13, 2011 @09:29AM (#3230795)
@phuff this is cool because it has a specific purpose and it's simple. Frankly, if you let the fact that something already exists on the Internet stop you from starting a projet, you'd never start anything.

There will always be room to iterate on good ideas. There were MP3 players on the market before the iPod, right? And focusing on design or simplicity, or both, can play into what your MVP is. Minimum viable is relative to your product principles.

The one thing i would suggest is that ads are not minimally viable for your users. It may be necessary for you to keep your project up and running, but not MVP unless they provide some benefit to your users in line with your product principles.

Nice work!

Re:Show HN: My minimum viable side project by tikhonj on Saturday November 12, 2011 @11:01PM (#3229858)
Grr, WolframAlpha also fails to acknowledge my name. What a difficult life I lead...