If we are going to have a lot of new folks making end to end products for the first time, I have some general advice for, and wishes from, all of you:

First of all, I hope you avoid the temptation to work primarily alone. We have technology that makes it easier than ever to stay connected with people, but we’ve used it too often to isolate. Team up, build trust, and embrace your diversity of perspectives. It’ll make what you make together better too.

Second, there are going to be an enormous amount of competing priorities on your minds—don’t let the basics around making products accessible slip or be treated as an afterthought. There are so many foundational layers built into the web and other platforms that make this easy if you know to look for it and take the time to think about it in your plans.

Third: don’t forget to have fun. Seriously.

Fourth—pay attention to how what you’re making can fit into and contribute to a healthy overall ecosystem. The environment you’re currently working in or around is probably not very healthy and likely even toxic. This isn’t easy to do, but here are a few pieces of advice: try to bootstrap your business by spending less than you make, consider using existing standards and formats so that your work can interoperate with other tools, and ask yourselves on a regular basis how you can give your users and customers control and security over their own information.

Now go have fun and make something awesome.