That comment is clearly sarcastic. And Reddit went from floundering to $10b+ public company.

Business value is a good way to think about it:

> As a software developer, fixing bugs is a good thing. Right? Isn’t it always a good thing?

> No!

> Fixing bugs is only important when the value of having the bug fixed exceeds the cost of the fixing it.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/07/31/hard-assed-bug-fix...

If you have high volume automated testing, you want to fix all the bugs, even ones not directly affecting customers, otherwise they keep showing up and may keep you from finding other more customer-relevant bugs.

Don’t forget trello

Publishers can email newsletters at zero cost. Every other newsletter provider charged by volume.

Really good one in response to claims that stack overflow could be rewritten in a weekend:

https://www.bitquabit.com/post/one-which-i-call-out-hacker-n...

Just adding a data point. I got into YC in 08 but didn’t do it because I sold my company before I had a chance to accept.

PG gave me advice during the negotiation with the acquirer anyway.

I think I remember this. It was a fantasy football site selling? I think you were the first company to get an offer to WC and then decline. Congrats!

What was the advice?

No particular words of wisdom.

I was 26 and selling to a big company. It’s nice to have somebody experienced in your corner.

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