I agree. I was trying to pick out the wisdom in this post; I mean, the comic was entertaining I guess. All I gathered was:

1. I had an okay idea and did absolutely nothing about it for 18 months... until I saw other people built what I was thinking.

GUYS, DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE I DID OF DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

Seriously? That in itself is not a lesson worth 1,000 words.