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This feels like such a cynical take.

I built Sit. for the reasons mentioned in the article. The consulting page was published almost 1 year after I published the app (the source is available on my GH).

I took a break from work because of mental health issues, and after a year I decided to work on something useful, and ideally help others. I've never charged anyone who called me asking for advice via Say Hi, be it students, ex-CTOs/FAANG engineers or founders, never (and people have offered money, believe me). I've burned through half of my personal savings so will need to find a job to support a sustainable business I want to grow, something very much against the techbro culture you bring up here. Hence the link to a consulting page posted several months later.

There's nothing spiritual about Sit., I even call it a dumb alarm clock/glorified gong in my other articles.

I don't want to change your opinion, but I'm happy I hadn't read this +1 year ago, when I was feeling shittier. Now things are much easier, in large part because comments like this are an exception and people, generally, are kind.



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