I'd like to do this, not for making a startup but for developer tools, installable native tools, no subscriptions, no cloud service, open source. The problem is the first step: the "simple idea".
it's simple
It's fine to post your own stuff in HN if it's interesting and you don't repost too much, but trying to hide you are the author will make people angry and flag your posts and write angry emails to the moderators to complain.