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Ben Pieratt

Personal blog · blog.pieratt.comdesignstartupscareer

Ben Pieratt's personal blog at blog.pieratt.com covers design, startups and career. Since 2013, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “A three-step process for naming a project or product”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.

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13mentions?
9HN people?
2013–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Ben Pieratt's post on a three-step process for naming products and services. One commenter values it for suggesting names can paint a picture of personal or team values rather than describe the product directly.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Ben Pieratt is an identity and product designer.

Most-linked posts?

  1. A three-step process for naming a project or product
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-12-08

What Hacker News says?

  1. supernormal · 2016-12-08Recommends
    I like Ben's approach to naming products/services - http://blog.pieratt.com/post/77293289254/a-3-step-process-fo... The name does not directly need to coincide with its inherent value, paint the picture with your personal or teams values.

    Comment linking /post/77293289254/a-3-step-process-for-naming-a-projectproduct

    on “Ask HN: How do you choose a name for your product / service?”
  2. johnjlocke · 2013-10-23

    Submitted Work versus Life. Greatness versus Family as a story · 186 points

    HN discussion
  3. felixbraun · 2013-10-22

    Submitted How do I make my own money so I can stop doing this work for these people? as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  4. felixbraun · 2016-03-22

    Submitted A 3-step process for naming a project/product as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  5. shubhamjain · 2015-12-23

    Submitted In Praise of Quitting Your Job (2010) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. waqasaday · 2017-04-12

    Submitted 3 step process for naming a product as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. felixbraun · 2017-03-04

    Submitted A three-step process for naming a project or product as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. jwallaceparker · 2014-05-21

    Submitted My Job Pt.1 – I have no idea what I'm doing as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. felixbraun · 2014-02-22

    Submitted A 3-step process for naming a project/product. (And some resources) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. tannerc · 2013-10-29

    Submitted Take interest in the things you find interesting as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. gk1 · 2020-09-02

    Submitted I have no idea what I'm doing (2011) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. shubhamjain · 2018-11-28

    Submitted In Praise of Quitting Your Job as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. brm · 2015-01-28

    Submitted A 3-step process for naming a project/product. (And some resources) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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