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Nathan Mintz
Personal blog · bowoftheseus.substack.compoliticsbusiness
Nathan Mintz writes Nathan’s Substack, a personal blog at bowoftheseus.substack.com about politics and business. Since 2024, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-07, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite this blog as a source on tech industry topics: the Windsurf sale and the rise of acquihires, and the hard tech companies and scene in Los Angeles.
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 personal Substack.
What Hacker News says?
This is speculated as the reason as blockbuster acquihires have risen: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-17/meta-g... https://natlawreview.com/article/rise-acquihiring-post-layof... https://bowoftheseus.substack.com/p/update-the-gut-and-licen... Meta's case is interesting. In the past, for what they want, I still feel they would have just acquired the company and be done with it. Now, they explored…
Comment linking /p/update-the-gut-and-license-acquihires
on “What the Windsurf sale means for the AI coding ecosystem”Submitted Why can't we shoot down drones? It's a political, not a technical problem as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIt’s known for deep tech/hard tech companies, especially in space, aviation, and energy. Many are in El Segundo or were founded by SpaceX/Tesla alumni. https://www.addtheegg.com/p/2024-la-hard-tech-50 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/el-segundo-california-... https://bowoftheseus.substack.com/p/south-bay-la-is-ground-z...
Comment linking /p/south-bay-la-is-ground-zero-for-the
on “Ask HN: How is the tech scene in LA?”