I don't want to criticize, but if getting to the first page is that important to you, I don't know, but it doesn't seems very healthy. Revenues and products are more important than bragging rights.
Ok competition is good, hacking is good, but doing that just for HN sake seems like overengineering for something not important at all (I mean, not central to most business)
However, making a product out of it is something quite different - and it's a great thing you did!
I think you underestimate how much attention HN can get you and overestimate the effort of doing what they did here. Seems like a great time investment to me.
Ok competition is good, hacking is good, but doing that just for HN sake seems like overengineering for something not important at all (I mean, not central to most business)
However, making a product out of it is something quite different - and it's a great thing you did!