> decide to build a github alternative only available to people in the US as a side project > announce it on multiple platforms > get some attention on one platform, <20 views on the others > some SF-dwelling homosexual on HN writes a 10-paragraph comment on how dumb your idea is > redditors call you racist > indians switch their vpn location to the US and start tearing it apart > some bored teenager from a sanctioned country decides to DDOS it for fun > spend the rest of the day implementing ratelimits > wake up the next day, check analytics > 1,382 page views, 75 new signups > a significant amount of new user data are XSS attempts > tons of empty repositories created over the web ui followed by an immediate churn > roblox-playing child with an inappropriate username uploads a _lot_ of porn to a public repo > spend the next few hours implementing an automated AI-powered profanity/nsfw detection system > spend an unnecessary amount of time thinking about how to scale when your free tier db an hosting plan are maxxed out > try to add a bunch of new, poorly-functioning features to get more attention and interest > nobody takes it seriously > project slowly dies out > realize the entire process was a waste of time > blame the failure of the project on everyone else > start a new side project