Akismet started on a $70 dollar-a-month server. Anyone can scrape together $70.
Get the 1.0 out as soon as possible...even if it sucks.
My own personal dream is that the majority of the web runs on open source software.
I was raised Catholic, and I can get incredibly guilty about mistakes.
Simplicity not simplistic.
Simperium seems like a genuine utility for our own apps, and for other people as a service. And Simplenote, as a product, I love, and it's just darn handy.