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Sad to see folks who were still holding fort for a lost cause.

Business minded person like Chris Coyier dropped the thing long ago, made $4million of a blog and left.

Chris was never passionate about coding. It was all setup to make money.

No matter what batshit crazy things I stumble upon while running around the internet today, none of them will be as insane as “Chris Coyier was never passionate about coding”. Being “business minded” and “having passion for coding” is not exclusive. Chris is a living breathing coding resource, and that definitely came before he realized that the blogging and conferences and book writing was going to lead to a multimillion dollar payout. He was in the right place at the right time, and willing to put in an overwhelming amount of effort. But it all started with the passion.

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