> I wonder how many of us have great tool ideas in private notes sitting on our hard drives, not really sharing them with others.
From talking to others, as well as spending way too much time on HN, I think the answer is, "quite a lot". Perhaps not relative to the number of programmers, but in absolute terms, I'm pretty sure there's a hundred strong ideas to be found among just the people who comment here.
I do feel that our industry has an implicit bias against those ideas - I think it's a combination of, if you complain you get labeled as whiny, and working on speculative tooling is considered time spent not providing business value.
> let me know if it got through.
Yeah, I got it, thanks! I'm desperately trying to trim down my draft reply, because I somehow managed to write a short article when describing two of my most recent ideas :).
> I'd like to "Show HN" in a few months.
Sure, take your time :). But I think people will love what you're already have. It's not just the ideas you're presenting, but also a kind of "impression of quality" your videos give.
From talking to others, as well as spending way too much time on HN, I think the answer is, "quite a lot". Perhaps not relative to the number of programmers, but in absolute terms, I'm pretty sure there's a hundred strong ideas to be found among just the people who comment here.
I do feel that our industry has an implicit bias against those ideas - I think it's a combination of, if you complain you get labeled as whiny, and working on speculative tooling is considered time spent not providing business value.
> let me know if it got through.
Yeah, I got it, thanks! I'm desperately trying to trim down my draft reply, because I somehow managed to write a short article when describing two of my most recent ideas :).
> I'd like to "Show HN" in a few months.
Sure, take your time :). But I think people will love what you're already have. It's not just the ideas you're presenting, but also a kind of "impression of quality" your videos give.