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Andrew Chen
Personal blog · andrewchen.substack.comstartupsbusiness
Andrew Chen writes @andrewchen, a personal blog at andrewchen.substack.com about startups and business. Since 2024, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “Revenge of the GPT Wrappers: Defensibility in a world of commoditized AI models”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Andrew Chen's Substack for writing on startup strategy, such as network effects and moats in AI products, and on bureaucracy and organizational dynamics.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Venture capital in tech, entertainment, and AI.
Most-linked posts?
- Revenge of the GPT Wrappers: Defensibility in a world of commoditized AI models3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-02-05
- DoorDash's v1 was 8 PDF menus on a static HTML website2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-03-24
- Every Marketing Channel Sucks2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-04-09
- Traffic spikes are bad for your product2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-29
- Why retention is so hard for new tech products2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-09-11
- Bureaucrat Mode2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-10-04
What Hacker News says?
The road to bureaucrat hell is paved with good intentions https://andrewchen.substack.com/p/bureaucrat-mode
Comment linking /p/bureaucrat-mode
on “The carefulness knob”Submitted Revenge of the GPT Wrappers: Defensibility in a world of commoditized AI models as a story · 135 points
HN discussionAI enables new tools & features but in itself is not a product. There's a good essay from Andrew Chen on this topic: Revenge of the GPT Wrappers: Defensibility in a world of commoditized AI models "Network effects are what defended consumer products, in particular, but we will also see moats develop from the same places they came from the past decades: B2B-specific moats (workflow, compliance, security, etc), brand/…
Comment linking /p/revenge-of-the-gpt-wrappers-defensibility
on “You can’t build a moat with AI (redux)”Submitted The case against morning yoga, daily routines, and endless meetings as a story · 113 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bureaucrat Mode as a story · 109 points
HN discussionSubmitted Traffic spikes are bad for your product as a story · 82 points
HN discussionSubmitted DoorDash's v1 was 8 PDF menus on a static HTML website as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Every Marketing Channel Sucks as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why your product idea sounds too complicated as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Novelty effects and Dopamine Culture rule the tech industry as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Every Marketing Channel Sucks as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted DoorDash's v1 was 8 PDF menus on a static HTML website as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted My product went viral on social media but all I got were these shitty users as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why retention is so hard for new tech products as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Growth Maze vs. the Idea Maze as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How the coupon was invented, and how tech propels marketing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How the coupon was invented, and how tech propels marketing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why retention is so hard for new tech products as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Vibe coding, some thoughts and predictions as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Revenge of the GPT Wrappers: Defensibility in a world of commoditized AI models as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why data-driven product decisions are hard (sometimes impossible) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The mobile S-curve ends, and the AI S-curve begins as a story · 1 points
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