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Counting Stuff
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Counting Stuff is a personal blog at counting-stuff.com about data and career. Since 2024, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
A weekly newsletter about the important, mundane, parts of being a data scientist, UX researcher. With some extra fun about tech and hobbies.
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Submitted Technical writing is too important to leave to language models as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted Storage is cheap, but not thinking about logging is expensive as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted I'm not learning coding from LLMs, but product design as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reflections on Building Forum Software as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted So you've been asked to "take over" some old data pipeline as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted We're Counting Birbs Today as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Measuring how much of the sky is visible as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted So how does lightning locating work? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Moving data around still sucks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Measurement of Loudness as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Counterfactual analysis, an (organizationally) unloved method as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rediscovering joy in silly computer stuff as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Are (Probably) Measuring Time Wrong as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things to consider when modifying your data systems as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Treasure in the Timezone Database as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Data Mishaps Night 2024 as a story · 1 points
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