svmegatron

“building for the sake of building” refers to _you_ doing the building

Better yet: keep going to therapy and start lifting weights!

Can you elaborate on this? My gut agrees with you 100%, but I can't puzzle it out.

I think you can - there is a link to sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the page

Nice!!

A high tolerance for risk

You should, boats are rad. In my experience it won't be as cheap as you think - but it is still awesome!

I just want to add to the chorus of people saying they would pay for this. I too would be delighted to pay for this app. Looks AWESOME, thank you for creating it!

That is AWESOME! Nice work!

If I can offer a button nitpick - I suggest "Try it out for free!" in big text, and "Version 1.5.248.1, 2016-04-26" in small text. Maybe as simple as wrapping the version info in a <small> tag.

Certainly not with that attitude.

Writing software - even hard, complex software - isn't even remotely comparable to a space program.

I agree 100%. It has gotten easier to turn a side project into a business.

My take is that it has gotten easier enough that fewer folks are pursuing VC, opting to bootstrap instead. It's not that fewer side projects are happening - more side projects are happening. Fewer of them need VC money to succeed/scale/generate meaningful revenue, so VCs are seeing fewer side projects.

The great thing about exercise is there is no minimum effective dose.

Pushups are a great exercise, and they are more of a full-body exercise than they appear to be. They're an excellent starting point!

> The regulations barriers are immense and the security and compliance problems are legion.

Paging Uber ... I am kidding, kind of. I do wonder what would happen if a well-capitalized startup did something in this space. Provide services directly based on the hope/promise/belief of future repayment?

If you haven't considered it already - this might be a great product for "pay only if you succeed" pricing. Might be easier to get people to pay, say, $5k from someone who has just raised $10m than $200 from someone who almost by definition has nothing.