41,000,006 reasons why I think we're in a bubble
I don't know about the rest of the world, but we sure are in a bubble here at Hacker News.  There seems to be a real disconnect between what people want to build/invest in and what people in the real world actually need and want to pay for.  Just as sample of what I've witnessed in the past few years:<p><pre><code>  Ask HN: How do you like my file sharing app?
  Ask HN: How do you like my social app for niche <x>?
  Ask HN: How do you like my twitter app?
  Ask HN: How do you like my facebook app?
  Ask HN: How do you like my iphone app?
  Ask HN: How do you like my facebook app that writes twitter apps?
  Ask HN: How do you like my game?
  Ask HN: How do you like my photo sharing app?
  Ask HN: How do you like my video sharing app?
  Ask HN: How do I monetize my free flashcard app?
  Ask HN: How do you like my app that helps other hackers to do <x>?
  Ask HN: How do I get traffic to my freemium app?
  Ask HN: How do I get angels/VCs interested?
  Ask HN: Look what I wrote this weekend!
  Ask HN: Look what I wrote in one night!
  Ask HN: Look what I wrote in 7 seconds!

  Customer 1: How can we sell through Amazon.com?
  Customer 2: How can we reduce inventory by $300 million?
  Customer 3: How can we increase conversion from 2% to 4%?
  Customer 4: How can we use software to reduce energy costs?
  Customer 5: How can we migrate one app into another?
  Customer 6: How can we get our phones to talk to our legacy apps?
  Customer 7: How can we take orders through the internet?
  Customer 8: How can we get our software package to do <x>?
  Customer 9: How can we reduce credit card fraud?
  Customer 10: How can we increase SEO effectiveness?
  Customer 11: How can we connect fulfillment and ecommerce?
  Customer 12: How can we increase revenue?
  Customers 13-200: How can we increase profitability?</code></pre>