That's probably smart for the business.

That's a major problem, yes.
Many investors focus on the person too much.
Past achievements are no indicator of future successes.

This is a totally different story.

Niche products can take a "general idea" and mould it according to the niche needs.
This works almost always (if the TAM is big enough, if marketing works, it the app works...)

You're keeping track of days?

Black Friday deals weren't "successful"
- too much inventory left
- sales slowed down/sales predictions were off
= people are getting more careful with what they buy/need.

I never got to the point where neovim would be useful to me.
The amount of configuration required before it becomes ideal is just too high.

Like you said, ready-to-use IDE with custom keybindings works just fine

Exactly.

It doesn't have to be me.

The notion "I want to help you, regardless of who does it" makes the difference and boosts trust.

bsky was created at twitter and later incorporated into a separate entity

Reminds me of Flutter