Of course, but HN does tend to have a lot more patience for scrappy startups that scrappy lone, non-commercial devs from what I can observe.
The question was rhetorical, I know that this place is frequented by quite a lot of people who wish to be part of the next YC batch, so they see themselves in the shoes of the startup, rather than the solo dev.
I'm saying I don't think it is that way. I think you're seeing through the lens of your expectations. dang has written about this at length, but the gist is that it's very easy and tempting to see posts you disagree with more visibly and feel them more viscerally than posts you agree with.
The question was rhetorical, I know that this place is frequented by quite a lot of people who wish to be part of the next YC batch, so they see themselves in the shoes of the startup, rather than the solo dev.
Still, I don't think it should be this way.