Google won't break into your home. You'll invite them in.

Attention to detail can't be (and never is) added later. It's an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture.

Writing your own blog platform is like roasting your own coffee: it's impractical and you probably shouldn't do it, but for people who really, truly care about it, it's worthwhile to them for their own personal priorities that sound crazy to everyone else. Well, I write my own blog platform and I roast my own coffee.

I don't need every customer. I'm primarily in the business of selling a product for money. How much effort do I really want to devote to satisfying people who are unable or extremely unlikely to pay for anything?

Keep building and supporting new tools, technologies, and platforms to empower independence, interoperability, and web property ownership.

People will pay for something they like because they want to ensure its future.

Making a product better often requires removing features.