George Saines

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1. gsaines · 2026-09-30

   I (finally) wrote up the list of the best books I've read in the last 18 months! How timely that you asked! :) https://www.georgesaines.com/blog/2026/9/24/the-best-25-book...

   Comment linking /blog/2026/9/24/the-best-25-books-of-the-last-18-months

   on “Ask HN: What are you reading?”
2. gsaines · 2011-07-31

   Submitted I Want To Unsubscribe, Not "Manage My Preferences" as a story · 259 points

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3. gsaines · 2025-10-06

   This confirms what I've been discovering. I wrote about the details here: https://www.georgesaines.com/blog/2025/9/8/why-is-b2c-user-a... Maybe it's just that the AI noise has been cranked to 11, but it sure feels like there's something fundamentally different from building and selling software today vs the last time I was building new products back in 2015. A decade is a long time, but it didn't feel nearly so weir…

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   on “"Be Different" doesn't work for building products anymore”
4. gsaines · 2011-12-09

   Submitted It's Insanely Hard to Make a Kick-Ass iPhone App as a story · 137 points

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5. gsaines · 2010-12-07

   We had thousands of visitors and hundreds of conversions (I don't know the exact numbers off the top of my head). We let it run long enough that the confidence intervals for the results fell below .1%, for this particular test, we would have let it run longer, but the results let us know we didn't actually need to for the email test. Since it was likely to be worse, we just shut it down. We are (unfortunately) well…

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   on “How One Check Box Lowered Conversions by 17%”
6. gsaines · 2010-08-11

   Submitted Be happier: Rent Everything as a story · 127 points

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7. gsaines · 2026-01-14

   https://www.georgesaines.com/

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8. gsaines · 2011-04-13

   Submitted Another Way to View the "Decline" of HN as a story · 122 points

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9. gsaines · 2023-07-04

   https://overthinkingmoney.com/ I started this one about six months ago as a way to indulge my passion for hacking wealth. No technical topics, but I've been writing about startups and businesses regularly. This series might be the most applicable to folks on Hacker News: https://overthinkingmoney.com/2023/05/02/start-a-business-no... https://www.georgesaines.com/ My personal blog. I originally started it when I was…

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10. gsaines · 2013-04-07

    Submitted Quit Your Job Now, Before It's Too Late as a story · 83 points

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11. gsaines · 2024-10-10

    Submitted Is population density the reason Americans can't discuss politics? as a story · 75 points

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12. gsaines · 2011-02-16

    Submitted How I Almost Failed a Facebook Turing Test as a story · 69 points

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13. gsaines · 2021-09-13

    Submitted Why I’m Not an Angel Investor as a story · 63 points

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14. gsaines · 2010-09-29

    Submitted How We Increased Conversion Actions 218% And Increased Sales 0% as a story · 60 points

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15. gsaines · 2011-08-21

    Submitted Sivers is Right: Customer Service is the New Marketing as a story · 26 points

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16. gsaines · 2010-07-22

    Submitted Why your Referral System Won't Work as a story · 21 points

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17. gsaines · 2010-12-07

    Submitted How One Check Box Lowered Conversions by 17% as a story · 17 points

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18. gsaines · 2011-04-06

    Submitted Why Recessions Suck More Than Expansions Rock as a story · 15 points

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19. gsaines · 2010-09-15

    Submitted A Tale of Two Users, or How Design is Tough as a story · 13 points

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20. gsaines · 2010-09-23

    Submitted Don't Let Your Startup Trap You as a story · 6 points

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21. gsaines · 2012-09-13

    Submitted How to Overcome Your Fear of Hustling as a story · 5 points

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22. gsaines · 2010-10-23

    Submitted The Higher Education Bubble: Are Foreign Students the Answer? as a story · 5 points

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23. gsaines · 2012-02-17

    Submitted Why You Should Refuse to Build a Startup on Content as a story · 4 points

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24. gsaines · 2011-07-15

    Submitted How Netflix Can Ruin Your App's Pricing as a story · 4 points

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25. gsaines · 2024-02-28

    Submitted Choosing to Have Kids During the End Times as a story · 3 points

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26. gsaines · 2012-11-24

    Submitted Stop Marketing, Start Selling as a story · 3 points

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27. gsaines · 2012-07-09

    Submitted Why You Can't Admit Personal Mistakes on the Internet as a story · 3 points

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28. gsaines · 2012-04-23

    Submitted How to Work an 80-Hour Week as a story · 3 points

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29. gsaines · 2011-01-31

    Submitted So, you think you’re not a tech fogey? as a story · 3 points

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30. gsaines · 2010-11-23

    Submitted Startup Advice That Bears Repeating as a story · 3 points

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