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Philip Jacob
Personal blog · whirlycott.com/philprogrammingstartupspolitics
Philip Jacob's personal blog at whirlycott.com covers programming, startups and politics. Since 2009, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Comments only cite the posts about building StyleFeeder, a startup built on the side of a day job from 2005 and sold to Time Inc in 2010. No comment judges the writing itself.
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Philip Jacob's personal blog
What Hacker News says?
Sorta... http://www.whirlycott.com/phil/2005/10/17/stylefeeder-step-1... LMK if that's not what you are looking for.
Comment linking /phil/2005/10/17/stylefeeder-step-1-start/
on “Ask HN: How many of you built a profitable startup while having a day job?”Submitted Why open source election software doesn't matter as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI started StyleFeeder in January, 2005, built it into a profitable company of 8 people and sold it to Time Inc in January 2010. From January, 2005 through May, 2006, I worked on StyleFeeder on the side - while I had a pretty demanding day job, mind you - as I built up the basic business... until I had invested so much time and effort into it that I was maxed out and needed to find a way to work on it full time with…
Comment linking /phil/2011/08/05/stylefeeder-history/
on “Ask HN: How many of you built a profitable startup while having a day job?”Submitted The Root Cause as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted StyleFeeder: a retrospective as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reflexions after the sale... – Philip Jacob / Whirlycott as a story · 1 points
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