Do Things That Don't Scale
How 60+ companies worth $5T+ got started
Do Things That Don't Scale launched on September 26, 2020 with 5 votes, #1,584 of 3,898 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
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A directory of unscalable hacks that venture-backed multi-billion dollar companies as well as small bootstrapped startups used to get started.
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Almost eight years ago I launched an online “Linux sysadmin course for newbies” here at HN. It was a side-project that went well, but never generated enough money to allow me to fully commit to leaving the Day Job. After surviving the Big C, and getting made redundant I thought I might improve and relaunch it commercially – but my doctors are a pessimistic bunch, so it looked like I didn’t have the time. Instead, I rejigged/relaunched it via a Reddit forum this February as free and open - and have now gathered a team of helpers to ensure that it keeps going each month even after I can’t…
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