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Alex Dobrenko

Personal blog · botharetrue.substack.comculturewriting

Alex Dobrenko writes Both Are True, a personal blog at botharetrue.substack.com about culture and writing. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Can everyone shut the f*** up about AI”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-18, and you can follow it by feed.

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7mentions?
3HN people?
2022–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2023

Funny, deep, relatable stories from a dad to two, husband to one, friend to all (free for all) + BATCAVE (workshops, cowriting, "community") for paid subscribers.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Can everyone shut the f*** up about AI
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-02-27

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted Every app that adds AI looks like this as a story · 164 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted Can everyone shut the f*** up about AI as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Can everyone kindly shut the fuck up about AI as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted What do I do with my life? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Switching to a "dumb" phone made me feel pretty dang smart as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted I grew this newsletter from 56 to 2,177 subscribers in less than a year as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Ok but can this ChatGPT robot write better than me? as a story · 1 points

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