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Buster Benson

Personal blog · wayoftheduck.comproductivityphilosophy

Buster Benson writes Way of the Duck, a personal blog at wayoftheduck.com about productivity and philosophy. Since 2012, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “The long slog”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.

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13mentions?
12HN people?
2012–2013first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 9 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Buster Benson's blog for essays on the difficulty of doing hard things and on behaviour change, such as the 'just do it' critique and the 'long slog' idea about startup schlepping.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The long slog
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-02-22
  2. A Duck Bears no Grudges by Buster Benson
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-12
  3. Everything I (currently) know about starting and keeping habits
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-25

What Hacker News says?

  1. samstokes · 2012-08-01Recommends
    While his complaint about "stating the problem as the solution" resonates with me, I found this post gained a lot more meaning when I noticed who the author was: Buster Benson, founder of a number of startups with the explicit goal of helping people make beneficial changes to their own behaviour. He's not just whining "this stuff is hard, give us a break" - he's calling for more attention on techniques for doing har…

    Comment linking /a-duck-bears-no-grudges

    on “Why “just do it” is bullshit”
  2. dwynings · 2012-08-01

    Submitted Why “just do it” is bullshit as a story · 98 points

    HN discussion
  3. mashmac2 · 2013-02-22Recommends
    A direct copy from the Buster Benson source as well, which is more insightful than the article, too! http://wayoftheduck.com/long-slog

    Comment linking /long-slog

    on “Why Slogging and Schlepping Are Key Startup Values”
  4. iSimone · 2012-07-12

    Submitted A Duck Bears no Grudges by Buster Benson as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  5. rpsubhub · 2012-11-29

    Submitted Codex Vitae - Hosting beliefs on Github as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. shawndumas · 2013-06-20

    Submitted Want to work at Twitter? I can help you! as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. duck · 2013-02-24

    Submitted On Filters as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. kareemm · 2013-02-23

    Submitted The long slog as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. J-H · 2012-11-11

    Submitted A Self-Tracking Challenge as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. _pius · 2012-10-17

    Submitted Hidden Twitter Cards Potential as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. harscoat · 2012-10-10

    Submitted Behavior change is belief change as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. dirtyaura · 2012-08-13

    Submitted Everything I (currently) know about starting and keeping habits as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. harscoat · 2012-07-25

    Submitted Everything I know about starting and keeping habits - habit manifesto as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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