Garrett Dimon
garrettdimon.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008
Garrett Dimon, creator of the Sifter bug tracker, writes about solo founding, SaaS pricing, selling a company, and work habits.
What HN saysHN links it for solo founder lessons and for his posts on handling mistakes and the downsides of URL shorteners, which commenters recommend.
26HN people shared it
4linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1The Journey of Selling Sifter4 people · 10 points · first shared 2016 · 1 comments on HN
- 2Data Modeling SaaS Entitlements and Pricing2 people · 53 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 3Handling Things2 people · 20 points · first shared 2009 · 11 comments on HN
- 4The Downside of Permanent (links and url shortening)2 people · 7 points · first shared 2009 · 6 comments on HN
- 5Can you afford a pay cut? The personal finances side of starting a company2 people · 5 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 6Homepage2 people · first shared 2009
- 7Being a Solo Founder of a 24x7 Hosted Web Application1 people · 110 points · first shared 2012 · 43 comments on HN
- 8Work/Life Balance1 people · 78 points · first shared 2010 · 15 comments on HN
- 9Starting is easier than sustaining.1 people · 39 points · first shared 2010 · 8 comments on HN
- 10The Neverending Story1 people · 25 points · first shared 2024 · 16 comments on HN
- 11Thoughts on Business Models (from the founder of Sifter)1 people · 11 points · first shared 2011 · 3 comments on HN
- 12The Evolution of a Header (visual design related)1 people · 4 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 13Quitting Analytics1 people · 4 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
- 14The Early Days of Founding Sifter1 people · 3 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 15All I Ever Wanted1 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
garrettdimon · 2011-09-23
I'm a solo founder and have been working on Sifter (http://sifterapp.com) for going on 4 years now. It's been live for about 3 of those years, and I've been full-time for a little over a year. My salary is about 80% of what I was making working full-time elsewhere, maybe a little lower when you factor in health insurance, but the work is exponentially more fulfilling. I do my best to share my thoughts on the ups and downs on my blog. (http://garrettdimon.com)
I technically have what some people might consider a co-founder, but he's more of an investor/advisor as I've been the only person that's involved day-to-day.
I also created a presentation recently that summarized what the experience has been like and what we've done right or wrong for our situation. (http://bootstrapping.sifterapp.com)
Finally, I'd also recommend Maciej Ceglowski of Pinboard as a good source. He discusses a little bit of his experience on the Pinboard blog. (http://blog.pinboard.in/)
swombat · 2009-04-01
Also worth reading is the article from Garrett Dimon at the end: http://garrettdimon.com/archives/2009/3/31/handling_things/
Makes some good points about what would have been a better way to handle this, including this particularly important truism:
Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by ignorance.
alabut · 2009-02-19
As pretty as it is, I'm always on the fence about overcooked designs like this for a blog - blogs always have more html to download than a typical static page anyway and I just want to get reading. I based my current site design around minimal reading-friendly sites like:
http://informationarchitects.jp/
http://garrettdimon.com/
mr_justin · 2009-04-20
Or a completely different take on this "issue".
http://garrettdimon.com/archives/2009/4/13/the_downside_of_permanent/