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Scarlet Ink
Personal blog · scarletink.comcareerbusiness
Scarlet Ink is a personal blog at scarletink.com about career and business. Since 2021, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Can You Measure a Technology Team's Efficiency?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked from a thread on influence and in a Show HN procrastination project. One comment lists other tech and business blogs, and another cites a procrastination essay. None judge this site's writing.
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.
Tech industry career and leadership advice from an ex-Amazon GM and Tech Director.
Most-linked posts?
- Can You Measure a Technology Team's Efficiency?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-11-26
- Technical Skills Are Overrated. Focus on Your Attitude2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-01-26
What Hacker News says?
This is a tech-focused selection from my personal list, with a few more business-y sources thrown in: - https://erikbern.com - https://lethain.com - https://commoncog.com - https://scattered-thoughts.net - https://danluu.com - https://ideolalia.com - https://staysaasy.com - https://collabfund.com - https://blog.nelhage.com - https://jacobian.org - https://equalventures.substack.com - https://defmacro.org - https://s…
Comment linking /
on “Some notes on influenceering”Submitted Technical Skills Are Overrated. Focus on Your Attitude as a story · 68 points
HN discussionHey HN! I'm the author. I use "transition snacks" with my kids every day - small rituals that help them switch between activities. A cookie, a hug, acknowledging that transitions are hard. It works remarkably well. But honestly it is mostly cookies and chips :D I read Dave Anderson's article about procrastination [1] and thought: procrastination is just adults struggling with transitions! I really like his framework…
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on “Show HN: Transition Snacks – CLI for procrastination, inspired by parenting”Submitted Why Senior Employees Need to Audit and Verify Things for Themselves as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Interviewing at Amazon as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted If You Can't Be Replaced You Can't Be Promoted as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Engineering Managers Don't Need to Be Great Coders (2023) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can You Measure a Technology Team's Efficiency? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can You Measure a Technology Team's Efficiency? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Technical Skills Are Overrated. Focus on Your Attitude as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Engineering Managers Don't Need to Be Great Coders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stoicism Is Not Just for Emperors and Hipsters as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can You Measure a Technology Team's Efficiency? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Guide to the Deep Dive Leadership Principle as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Companies Incentivize Layoffs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crush Your Interviews with the Power of Storytelling as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do you trust your team? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are You Getting the Performance Ratings You Deserve? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Decisions at Scale. The Ownership Model and Organizational Structure at Amazon as a story · 1 points
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