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Matt Sencenbaugh

Personal blog · mattsencenbaugh.com · on HN as msencenbstartupsprogrammingcareer

Matt Sencenbaugh's personal blog at mattsencenbaugh.com covers startups, programming and career. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 30 times, most often “Where is next November? (2016)”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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30mentions?
3HN people?
2012–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 8 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked in a thread on what programmers visualize while coding. The only comment discusses Fred Brooks's synesthesia screening and does not comment on this blog's writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Musings on life, technology, and entrepreneurship.

The author on HN?

msencenb · 907 karma · member since 2010

You can reach me at matt@wrestlingiq.com or matt.sencenbaugh@gmail.com wrestlingiq.com mattsencenbaugh.com

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Where is next November? (2016)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-04-28

What Hacker News says?

  1. If you define 'profitable' as $100 a month, that's where one of my iOS apps ( http://postcardpanda.com ) is at after 2+ years. I've only recently started putting actual time into it though. If you want the full income report, here is May's: http://mattsencenbaugh.com/postcard-panda-may-2016-income-re...

    Comment linking /postcard-panda-may-2016-income-report/

    on “Ask HN: Do you have a profitable side project? How long did it take to achieve?”
  2. Submitted On Being a Junior Developer as a story · 141 points

    HN discussion
  3. In an extended chapter of Mythical Man Month, Fred Brooks described his practice of screening candidates for number-form synesthesia by asking “where is November?” I have number form so when I was young and originally read this I thought it was pretty neat. But as evidenced in the rest of this thread, it’s an absolutely crazy practice since the majority of great programmers don’t have it. And I assume it’d be illega…

    Comment linking /where-is-next-november/

    on “What do you visualize while programming?”
  4. Submitted Why Startups Occasionally Act Like Sociopaths as a story · 29 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Launching my first SaaS product in 54 hours, 20 minutes, and 5 seconds as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Xcode's Secret Menu Option – How to Clean Your Build Folder as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Macroservices – A Pragmatic Approach for Small Teams as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted It Worked For Me as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Why I Refuse to Negotiate on Equity as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Two Questions That Will Make You A Better Leader as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted The Lifestyle Business Challenge as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Where is next November? (2016) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Postcard Panda May 2016 Income Report as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted You've got a product, not a company as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Postcard Panda April 2016 Report as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Where is next November? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Postcard Panda March 2016 Stats Report as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted In Search of the First Customer as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted AppleWatchWeekly – A Newsletter Experiment as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Show HN: I'm writing a book about Prototyping & User Testing. Feedback? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Quantity vs Quality in Early Stage Prototypes as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted One Question To Rule Them All - Getting Honest User Feedback as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted What iOS7 Auto Update Means For Developers as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted The Lifestyle Business Challenge - Month 1 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Never Lost Sight Of What Really Matters as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted Leaving My Baby - A Journey Into The Abyss as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted Hobbyist Game Programming - The Beginning as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted Landing Your First Programming Internship as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted The "Priority Queue" Development Process as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted MVLP - Minimum Viable Landing Page as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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