Build It Yourself
The cluster focuses on the common Hacker News advice to 'build it yourself' when users complain about lacking tools, features, or products, emphasizing personal initiative, learning by doing, and challenging critics to create their own solutions.
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If you need it yourself then build it, otherwise don't
The point is to build it yourself
Have you tried building it yourself?
Just because you can build it doesn't mean you should.
It's one thing to talk about it, it's another to build.
He said "build", not "use".
It might be more insightful to build one yourself.
Someone needs to build this. Now.
you make it sound so easy - why haven't you built it?
seems like you ought to build it.