Yeah. While I'm happy to read about these kinds of things, they're far from my own interests (for now). I much prefer the 'bootstrapping' approach for all kinds of reasons, so obviously I also prefer reading about other people's experiences and observations taking the same, more conventional approach.

That said, I understand that the demographics of a site can change, and that's not always a bad thing. And there's still enough variety to keep me here.

Would you (or anyone else reading this) know of online communities similar to HN that are more bootstrappy in their focus?