Hear, hear. I'm glad to see someone else on HN who doesn't buy into the belief that software is a commodity (unless you make it so!)
I think more HNers would succeed with their businesses if they took what you're saying to heart.
I think more HNers would succeed with their businesses if they took what you're saying to heart.
In software your competition is working on providing a huge featureset just like you are. What can you do on a level that is not just a laundry list of features that can set your software (or site) apart? Look to the meta-features, the implicit features of every product: performance, robustness, security, usability, fit-and-finish, etc.