This is a question that is asked every few years.
Some past iterations:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13326535 by mdoliwa
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7367243 by kewball
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16482392 by pyeu
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25614966 by codester news
Just like in past iterations I am very curious to see the results, and maybe there have been a few surprises since ChatGPT last appeared almost a year ago.
The original text:
> How many people on hacker news are running successful online businesses on their own? What is your business and how did you get started?
> Defining successful as a profitable business which provides the majority of the owners income.