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Danny Sheridan
Personal blog · factoftheday1.comstartupscareer
Danny Sheridan writes Fact of the Day 1, a personal blog at factoftheday1.com about startups and career. Since 2021, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
One HN commenter cites this blog's Amazon writing-style tip against weasel words like "just" and "simple". The other comment is a grocery spending table that does not link to the blog.
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 journey as a startup founder.
What Hacker News says?
Store (% of $spent) (# store) % of $spent/ # store Dollar Tree 0.8 7900 0.000101265822785 Dollar General 1.5 10000 0.00015 Aldi 2.3 2200 0.001045454545455 Target 2.4 1900 0.001263157894737 Trader Joe’s 1 600 0.001666666666667 Ahold Delhaize 4.3 2000 0.00215 Whole Foods 1.1 500 0.0022 Publix 3.7 1300 0.002846153846154 Walmart 18 4700 0.003829787234043 BJ’s 0.8 200 0.004 Sam’s Club 3.6 600 0.006 Kroger 8.8 1400 0.0062…
Comment linking /p/march-21-top-us-grocers-by-s
on “The smash and grab of Kroger-Albertsons”Submitted Amazon STAR Interview Method as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThis reminds me of my time at Amazon where it was hammered into us to avoid weasel words: https://www.factoftheday1.com/p/amazon-writing-style-tip-3-1... Eliminate anything like "just" and vagaries like "simple."
Comment linking /p/amazon-writing-style-tip-3-184c76dd2bb7
on “Just Simply – Stop saying how simple things are in our docs”Submitted The End of an Era as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Who Americans spend their time with, by age as a story · 1 points
HN discussion