HN has been a huge part of my experience bootstrapping my business. I've learned a great deal from articles and discussions here, and I've received tremendous support and advice when I share updates about my projects. I hope you enjoy this summary of my third year.
I've enjoyed reading all of them, and found it inspirational that you kept going despite the somewhat-underwhelming outcome in the first couple of years.
I find this kind of perseverance admirable. I'm truly glad things panned out the way they did, and wish you the best of luck going forward! I'll surely keep up to date with your blog posts :)
I'm glad you enjoyed the post!
In 2019 and 2020, it dropped to only $50/month because my income was low enough that I qualified for state-subsidized insurance.
I felt a little weird about essentially drawing on welfare when I'm choosing to earn less than my maximum, but I also feel like there'd be an arrogance in rejecting it like I'm somehow too good for welfare. In the end, I decided I met the requirements of a government benefit I want, so there's no reason to turn it down.
Oh, that's true. People are more excited about stocks recently.
No, that hadn't occurred to me. At this point, TinyPilot is working well, so I'm planning to stay focused on that. It's hard for me to imagine that an hour of my time on Portfolio Rebalancer (or any other unproven product) will have anywhere near the ROI as an hour I spend on TinyPilot.