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sbensu
Personal blog · blog.sbensu.combusinessprogramming
sbensu is a personal blog at blog.sbensu.com about business and programming. Since 2022, 22 different Hacker News readers have linked it 26 times, most often “APIs as Ladders”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-01-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's essays on API design and team management, such as the 'apis-as-ladders' post on API design and an essay contrasting team-oriented and outcome-oriented motivation.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
On APIs, business, and random things I find interesting
Most-linked posts?
- APIs as Ladders3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-02-05
- Default Blind3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-09-20
- Lieutenants Are the Limiting Reagent3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-02-10
- Everybody is the main character3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-04-05
- APIs as Ladders2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-06
- High Variance Management (2023)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-05-29
What Hacker News says?
+1, I like to refer to this post on this topic: https://blog.sbensu.com/posts/apis-as-ladders/
Comment linking /posts/apis-as-ladders/
on “No Abstractions: our API design principle”Submitted We need visual programming. No, not like that as a story · 1178 points
HN discussionI found a more detailed explanation [1]: > 32,000 schillings were printed (in denominations of 5 and 10 sch.), but only 12,000 schillings were issued by the parish by paying its workers. > The local currency was redeemable, on demand, for official currency, but there was a 2% fee on such redemption. > For each schilling of local currency issued, one schilling of official currency was deposited (at interest) in a ban…
Comment linking /posts/pseudo-currencies/
on “Miracle of Wörgl”Submitted APIs as Ladders as a story · 55 points
HN discussion[self-promotion] This is very related, but not at all the same, as this essay I just published: Team-oriented, outcome-oriented https://blog.sbensu.com/posts/team-oriented-vs-outcome-orien... Summary: Some people are more motivated by caring for their teams, others are by achieving outcomes.
Comment linking /posts/team-oriented-vs-outcome-oriented/
on “Incompetent but Nice”Submitted Everybody is the main character as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted We need visual programming. No, not like that as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted On How to Structure APIs as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted Default Blind as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lieutenants Are the Limiting Reagent as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted High Variance Management (2023) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Incentives as Selection Effects as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Default Blind as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Industrial Macros as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lieutenants Are the Limiting Reagent as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Twitter's Sith and Jedi as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted APIs as Ladders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Default Blind as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted APIs as Ladders as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Market for Takes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted High Variance Management as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lieutenants Are the Limiting Reagent as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Designing for Support Teams as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everybody Is the Main Character as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everybody Is the Main Character as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted High Variance Management as a story · 1 points
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