Comment by matheusmoreira

> Even a tiny setback (say, no response on Hacker News) was enough for me to stop working on the idea, and start working on something new.

It's a risk worth taking. Opening the front page only to find my project there made me very happy and motivated. I couldn't believe my luck. Someone somehow independently discovered my project, posted it on HN, people were engaging with it and somehow I managed to not miss the small window of time where all this was happening.