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Adaobi’s Newsletter

Personal blog · adaobi.substack.comwritingculturecareer

Adaobi’s Newsletter is a personal blog at adaobi.substack.com about writing, culture and career. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have any talent”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.

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4mentions?
4HN people?
2022–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2024

I write about random things, typically questions I have.

Most-linked posts?

  1. How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have any talent
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-29

What Hacker News says?

  1. mhb · 2024-01-29

    Submitted How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have any talent as a story · 356 points

    HN discussion
  2. Brajeshwar · 2025-12-22

    Submitted How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have any talent (2024) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. punkspider · 2024-01-30

    Submitted My Regrets as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  4. jeremylevy · 2022-04-10

    Submitted Overlooked Problems as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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