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Kevin Owocki

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Kevin Owocki's personal blog at owocki.com covers economics, startups and philosophy. Since 2009, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 45 times, most often “Startups at Scale: Log everything, then you can Manage Anything. ”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-01, and you can follow it by feed.

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45mentions?
12HN people?
2009–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 10 in 2009

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

Why HN links it

The comments only link two posts: one on logging everything for startups and data management, and one on how not to upset your users. No comment judges the writing.

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.

Kevin Owocki — computer scientist, co-founder of Gitcoin, and author of Greenpilled and How to DAO.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Startups at Scale: Log everything, then you can Manage Anything.
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-06-22
  2. Adblock-to-Bitcoin WordPress Plugin
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-12-19
  3. Reduce LinkedIn Spam with This Profile Headline
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-08-27

What Hacker News says?

  1. gary__ · 2011-09-30
    http://owocki.com/2011/06/22/startups-scale-log-everything-t...

    Comment linking /2011/06/22/startups-scale-log-everything-then-you-can-manage-anything/

    on “Ask HN: Basic Spreadsheets/Data Management for Startups”
  2. ksowocki · 2009-11-16

    Submitted How much is a themed Google logo worth? as a story · 25 points

    HN discussion
  3. amrith · 2009-09-01
    bad link. Use http://owocki.com/2009/09/01/how-to-not-piss-off-your-users-...

    Comment linking /2009/09/01/how-to-not-piss-off-your-users-an-email-bill-of-rights-for-webservices-users/

    on a deleted thread
  4. queso · 2011-01-01

    Submitted 10 Internet Giants, 10 Years ago as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  5. ksowocki · 2011-07-02

    Submitted Hey Google, Gmail is Awfully Slow as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  6. ksowocki · 2011-06-22

    Submitted Startups at Scale: Log everything, then you can Manage Anything. as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  7. ksowocki · 2011-06-18

    Submitted Building Startups at Scale: The Ignighter Early Warning System as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  8. ksowocki · 2011-09-02

    Submitted Show HN: TOSAmend (My weekend project) as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  9. ksowocki · 2009-09-11

    Submitted Startups: Does relying on analytics make you miss a big breakthrough? as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  10. ksowocki · 2015-08-27

    Submitted Reduce LinkedIn Spam with This Profile Headline as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  11. Flopsy · 2015-07-14

    Submitted Don't use Recruiters to hire Engineers as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  12. ksowocki · 2014-08-19

    Submitted Good Engineer / Bad Engineer as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  13. mooreds · 2024-05-06

    Submitted Don't use Recruiters to hire Engineers (2015) as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  14. ksowocki · 2015-04-27

    Submitted Show HN: I built a trend analyzer for HN and open sourced the data behind it as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  15. ksowocki · 2015-04-09

    Submitted Show HN: An Airline Sentiment Analysis as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  16. mooreds · 2018-01-11

    Submitted What a cold recruitment message should look like (2015) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. ksowocki · 2012-09-11

    Submitted 5 Minutes to a better Gmail Inbox as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  18. quesohacker · 2012-07-14

    Submitted An Engineers Mind as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. ksowocki · 2012-04-21

    Submitted Spock, Tech, and Emotional Equanimity as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  20. ksowocki · 2009-09-14

    Submitted Running a Startup? You’re standing on the shoulders of giants. as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  21. danboarder · 2016-01-12

    Submitted Adblock-to-Bitcoin WordPress Plugin as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. ksowocki · 2015-12-11

    Submitted Adblock-to-Bitcoin micropayments generated $2.01 CPM as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. ksowocki · 2013-05-31

    Submitted Physical Workspace Hacking; 6 tips to create a War Room as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. quesohacker · 2012-07-15

    Submitted Management, but by Thoughtfulness as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. quesohacker · 2012-06-26

    Submitted Show HN: In-Line Logging with PHP as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. ksowocki · 2011-10-09

    Submitted Startups at Scale: Make the abstract actionable as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. michaelzhao · 2011-09-26

    Submitted TOSAmend: The easy way to modify web service Terms of Service agreements as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. ksowocki · 2010-09-03

    Submitted Startup life is a roller coaster for the ego as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. ksowocki · 2009-11-21

    Submitted Think before you commit as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. edw519 · 2009-09-09

    Submitted How to not piss off users: An Email Bill of Rights for WebServices Users as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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