Hacker News with Generative AI: Success Stories

Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month (gamediscover.co)
We’re guessing you might have seen Pounce Light’s glorious “relaxing building game” Tiny Glade ($15), which Ana Opara and Tomasz Stachowiak launched on Steam on Sept. 23rd, after a two-year dev period and a Top 10 appearance in June’s Next Fest.
Gaming, Indie Games, Business, Success Stories
397 points by TaurenHunter 1 day ago | 98 comments
Capture less than you create (world.hey.com)
I beam with pride when I see companies like Shopify, GitHub, Gusto, Zendesk, Instacart, Procore, Doximity, Coinbase, and others claim billion-dollar valuations from work done with Rails.
Business, Startups, Valuation, Success Stories
42 points by alexzeitler 38 days ago | 6 comments
I made $1M in 67 days during Covid (marshallhaas.com)
This is the wild story of how I made $1,036,175 during the COVID lockdowns by rapidly creating a new physical product in 7 days.
Entrepreneurship, COVID-19, Business, Success Stories, E-commerce
32 points by thamer 48 days ago | 31 comments
Ask HN: How to thrive in tech without post-secondary education? (ycombinator.com)
Are there any of you who did not have any post-secondary education in any disciplines and found success in tech? What was your journey? Would you recommend people to follow your path?
Tech Industry, Education, Career Advice, Success Stories
8 points by cloudedcordial 54 days ago | 4 comments
He Skipped College to Become a Repairman. He's on His Way to $175k a Year (wsj.com)
Alternative Careers, Entrepreneurship, Success Stories
26 points by fortran77 110 days ago | 48 comments
Nvidia: An Overnight Success Story 30 Years in the Making (sequoiacap.com)
Nvidia, Technology, Business, History, Success Stories
6 points by fuzztester 140 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Who has had a successful PWA product? (ycombinator.com)
Business, Success Stories
127 points by codazoda 155 days ago | 156 comments
A self-published book broke 'all the rules' and became a best seller (nytimes.com)
Self-Publishing, Book Publishing, Success Stories, Bestsellers
14 points by higgins 173 days ago | 6 comments
How A Hater Accelerated [Mentava]'s Timeline by a Year, Overnight (piratewires.com)
Entrepreneurship, Startups, Acceleration, Success Stories
14 points by sxp 215 days ago | 2 comments