--- title: RT @mitchellh: “All the good ideas are taken.” “If I was... description: A motivational tweet pushing back on the common belief that all good opportunities in tech have already been passed, arguing that people have always said this... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rt-mitchellh-all-the-good-ideas-are-taken-if-i-was-born-5-years-earlier-i-d-be-rich-i-misse-phxg4wtrb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: RT @mitchellh: “All the good ideas are taken.” “If I was born 5 years earlier I’d be rich.” “I missed the window.” People said this about… | daily.dev og:description: A motivational tweet pushing back on the common belief that all good opportunities in tech have already been passed, arguing that people have always said this... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rt-mitchellh-all-the-good-ideas-are-taken-if-i-was-born-5-years-earlier-i-d-be-rich-i-misse-phxg4wtrb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PHXG4wTRb.png og:image:alt: RT @mitchellh: “All the good ideas are taken.” “If I was born 5 years earlier I’d be rich.” “I missed the window.” People said this about… og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Peter Steinberger 🦞](https://daily.dev/sources/steipete) [Read on](https://api.daily.dev/r/PHXG4wTRb) Feb 19 • From x.com  Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete RT @mitchellh: “All the good ideas are taken.” “If I was born 5 years earlier I’d be rich.” “I missed the window.” People said this about… Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughts Post Share this post [](https://daily.dev/sources/steipete) [Peter Steinberger 🦞](https://daily.dev/sources/steipete "https://daily.dev/sources/steipete") 6 Followers • 5 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? Copy link Slack WhatsApp Facebook X New Squad Copy linkShare with your friends ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"RT @mitchellh: “All the good ideas are taken.”\n“If I was born 5 years earlier I’d be rich.”\n“I missed the window.”\n\nPeople said this about…","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rt-mitchellh-all-the-good-ideas-are-taken-if-i-was-born-5-years-earlier-i-d-be-rich-i-misse-phxg4wtrb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/rt-mitchellh-all-the-good-ideas-are-taken-if-i-was-born-5-years-earlier-i-d-be-rich-i-misse-phxg4wtrb"},"datePublished":"2026-02-19T15:33:20.926Z","dateModified":"2026-02-19T15:33:32.583Z","description":"A motivational tweet pushing back on the common belief that all good opportunities in tech have already been passed, arguing that people have always said this...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Peter Steinberger 🦞","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Peter Steinberger 🦞","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/6bb4e6d69ee7407fbf847e16cc752391","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/steipete"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/rt-mitchellh-all-the-good-ideas-are-taken-if-i-was-born-5-years-earlier-i-d-be-rich-i-misse-phxg4wtrb","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":""} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Peter Steinberger 🦞","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/steipete"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"RT @mitchellh: “All the good ideas are taken.”\n“If I was born 5 years earlier I’d be rich.”\n“I missed the window.”\n\nPeople said this about…"}]} ```