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Blake Burch
Personal blog · bytesdataaction.substack.comdatabusinessprogramming
Blake Burch writes Bytes, Data, Action!, a personal blog at bytesdataaction.substack.com about data, business and programming. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “The Incompatibility of Open Core and Profit Incentives”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Substack for raw thoughts on tech, data and automation. One commenter says it is a big project they will follow, and the linked posts argue data work should be tied to business value.
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.
My personal thoughts on tech, data, and automation. New posts whenever inspiration strikes.
Most-linked posts?
- The Incompatibility of Open Core and Profit Incentives2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-03-05
What Hacker News says?
That looks like a huge undertaking, but kudos for taking the time. I'll be following along. Totally agree that all data should be tied to the business value that it's driving. Unfortunately, I've found that many data teams focus more on making the data clean and available. They never drive the conversation about what actions are being taken with the data. That leads to them being treated as cost centers. Wrote a sim…
Comment linking /p/transform-your-data-team-into-a-performance
on “Big Data Is Dead”Submitted The Incompatibility of Open Core and Profit Incentives as a story · 2 points
HN discussionRaw thoughts on tech, data, and automation. Need to be more consistent, as I'm sitting with a backlog of blog topics. https://bytesdataaction.substack.com/
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted The Incompatibility of Open Core and Profit as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Transform Your Data Team into a Performance Powerhouse as a story · 1 points
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