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Company blog · newsletter.posthog.comstartupsprogramming

build mode is the company blog at newsletter.posthog.com, writing about startups and programming. Since 2023, 38 different Hacker News readers have linked it 59 times, most often “Product management is broken. Engineers can fix it”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.

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38HN people?
2023–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 23 in 2025

Tools, tactics, and taste for product builders. Click to read build mode, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Product management is broken. Engineers can fix it
    6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2024-12-04
  2. The Danger of Shipping Fast
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-02-10
  3. How, why, and when GitHub and Gitlab use feature flags
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-11-30
  4. The habits of effective remote teams
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-05-09
  5. The magic of small engineering teams
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-07-04
  6. Using your own product is a superpower
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-07-19
  7. Everything we've learned about hiring for startups – 10 lessons from posthog
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-09-21
  8. The Deadline Doom Loop
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-09
  9. From $0 to $40M ARR: Inside the tech that powers Bolt.new
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-09-16
  10. An engineer's guide to vibe design (with prompts)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-06-16

What Hacker News says?

  1. Ezra · 2026-03-21
    This is the article you referred to: https://newsletter.posthog.com/p/the-hidden-danger-of-shippi...

    Comment linking /p/the-hidden-danger-of-shipping-fast

    on “Some Things Just Take Time”
  2. Kinrany · 2025-11-11

    Submitted Collaboration sucks as a story · 486 points

    HN discussion
  3. fmerian · 2025-03-05

    Submitted Things we've learned about building products as a story · 313 points

    HN discussion
  4. andyjohnson0 · 2024-07-04

    Submitted The magic of small engineering teams as a story · 266 points

    HN discussion
  5. Lior539 · 2024-08-07

    Submitted A/B testing mistakes I learned the hard way as a story · 110 points

    HN discussion
  6. surprisetalk · 2024-07-05

    Submitted The magic of small engineering teams as a story · 87 points

    HN discussion
  7. duck · 2026-07-29

    Submitted How much can you delegate to agents? as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  8. vinnyglennon · 2024-12-12

    Submitted Product management is broken. Engineers can fix it as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  9. hollowdene · 2024-12-05

    Submitted Product management is broken. Engineers can fix it as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  10. fagnerbrack · 2026-10-16

    Submitted Read this before deleting your AGENTS.md as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  11. AntonZ234 · 2026-09-08

    Submitted What nobody tells you about writing agent skills as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  12. vinhnx · 2026-04-09

    Submitted The golden rules of agent-first product engineering as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  13. vinnyglennon · 2025-06-30

    Submitted You're doing quarterly planning wrong as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  14. vinnyglennon · 2025-03-23

    Submitted What engineers get wrong about communication as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  15. hollowdene · 2024-05-10

    Submitted The habits of effective remote teams as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  16. swolpers · 2026-10-13

    Submitted Things we've learned about building AI products as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. fagnerbrack · 2026-08-28

    Submitted Tips for giving S-tier demos as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  18. Andugal · 2025-12-04

    Submitted How startups lose their edge as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. brazukadev · 2025-09-19

    Submitted From $0 to $40M ARR: Inside the tech that powers Bolt.new as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  20. Palmik · 2025-08-25

    Submitted The benefits of being an open-source startup as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  21. darthShadow · 2025-06-16

    Submitted An engineer's guide to vibe design (with prompts) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  22. rafaepta · 2025-06-02

    Submitted Job interview questions engineers should ask (but don't) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  23. cmpit · 2025-05-30

    Submitted Why You're Not Shipping as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  24. fmerian · 2025-05-07

    Submitted How to not break up with your cofounder as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  25. vinnyglennon · 2025-04-10

    Submitted Things we've learned about hiring at PostHog as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  26. nsoonhui · 2024-08-12

    Submitted Using your own product is a superpower as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  27. andyjohnson0 · 2024-07-19

    Submitted Using your own product is a superpower as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  28. alexzeitler · 2024-06-01

    Submitted Read this before you pivot as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  29. fagnerbrack · 2026-09-21

    Submitted Stop being the code review bottleneck as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. inferhaven · 2026-09-15

    Submitted What happens to engineers when AI writes all the code? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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