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Lookback Blog

Company blog · lookback.io/blogstartupsbusiness

Lookback Blog is the company blog at lookback.io, writing about startups and business. Since 2013, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 34 times, most often “Lookback.io: capture feedback, user experiences, and bug reports”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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34mentions?
15HN people?
2013–2019first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 12 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Comments link Lookback's site for job listings, company background and its mobile product, not for its blog. No comment discusses the blog's writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Lookback is the AI-powered user research platform for interviews, usability testing, and analysis. Recruit, research, and share insights— all in one place.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Lookback.io: capture feedback, user experiences, and bug reports
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2014-10-07
  2. Lookback 1.0. Record bugs and feedback, now on Android, Mac and iOS
    3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-06-05
  3. Lookback - iOS User Testing
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-06-05
  4. Confessions of a startup: all our numbers, insights, everything
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-07-02
  5. Lookback's Awesome Mode: Record any app, any website, no SDK.
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-08-13

What Hacker News says?

  1. Lookback | Mobile developers | Remote | Fulltime Helping the world build great experiences. Lookback is a cash flow positive, remote-first, SaaS startup from Stockholm, with headquarters in Palo Alto. Android Developer: https://lookback.io/jobs/android-developer-2019/ iOS Developer: https://lookback.io/jobs/ios-developer-2019/ About: https://lookback.io/about/

    Comment linking /about/

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)”
  2. Submitted Confessions of a startup: all our numbers, insights, everything as a story · 100 points

    HN discussion
  3. Lookback | Devops | Remote | Full-time Lookback is a cashflow positive, remote first, tech SaaS startup from Stockholm, with headquarters in Palo Alto. We are growing and now we need a hands-on operations person capable of working in a devops organization to help us figure out how to move forward. This is a senior role. Basically, what we need you to help us figure out, and do, is: * Improve and maintain our hosting…

    Comment linking /jobs/devops/

    on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)”
  4. Submitted I am your co-creator, not your competitor as a story · 94 points

    HN discussion
  5. https://baremetrics.com https://sendgrid.com https://www.drift.com https://lookback.io https://reply.io

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: What are well designed SaaS websites?”
  6. Submitted Lookback.io - See how people really use your app as a story · 80 points

    HN discussion
  7. https://lookback.io lets you do that on mobile. The neatest implementations have it show up if the user shakes the phone.

    Comment linking /

    on “This Week in Servo 43 (submitted via Servo itself)”
  8. Submitted Lookback 1.0. Record bugs and feedback, now on Android, Mac and iOS as a story · 47 points

    HN discussion
  9. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like every meteor site I see just feels a little ....off, for some reason, or just not as polished. Like the http://lookback.io site, the location of the navigation items at the top shifts slightly between pages, and completely when jumping from 'explore' to anything else. I've messed around with meteor and really like it, but I'm still waiting to see a "Made with Meteor" site that blo…

    Comment linking /

    on “Meteor Acquires YC Alum FathomDB for Its Development Platform”
  10. Submitted Lookback.io: capture feedback, user experiences, and bug reports as a story · 32 points

    HN discussion
  11. Off the top of my head, Lookback.io ( https://lookback.io ) raised $2.2M and Workpop raised $7.9M ( http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/16/workpop/ ). Lots more: http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-startups-using-Meteor

    Comment linking /

    on “Meteor Acquires YC Alum FathomDB for Its Development Platform”
  12. Submitted Lookback 1.0: Record bugs, feedback and user experiences as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Lookback's Awesome Mode: Record any app, any website, no SDK. as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Crafting dropdowns and other components in Meteor as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Show HN: Lookback Live – live streamed user research on mobile and desktop as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted 15,000 user experiences and $2.2M later as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Rewriting our whole WebRTC stack in C across 3 platforms as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Lookback 0.9: Preview your recorded mobile UX as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Show HN: Lookback - user experience collecting for iOS as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Designing systems that figures out the solution as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted UX frustration while driving a car and using Google Maps as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Seeking out the stupid users as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Remote iOS usability testing via screen and user recording as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted Lookback - iOS User Testing as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Confessions of a Startup as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted Introducing the User Experience Archives as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted We're looking for hearts, not skills as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted UX Testing for iOS as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted The Problem Roadmap: Only build what matters to customers as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted CoreDragon Demo (iOS drag and drop) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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