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Scott's Mixtape Substack
Personal blog · causalinf.substack.comeconomicsdata
Scott's Mixtape Substack is a personal blog at causalinf.substack.com about economics and data. Since 2022, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “How can we know if paid search advertising works?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Scott's Mixtape Substack post in a discussion of prompting AI models. The linked post, titled along the lines of "prompts are the wands of GPT", treats prompting as a skill.
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.
Scott’s Mixtape is dedicated to teaching causal inference, econometrics, and applied empirical research with a focus on how AI agents are transforming how researchers work. Practical tutorials, live research, and documentation of what works and doesn’t. Click to read Scott's Mixtape Substack, by sco
Most-linked posts?
- How can we know if paid search advertising works?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-07
What Hacker News says?
Prompting is like playing basketball. Being able to do it right, consistently, is like performing a jump shot. [0] https://causalinf.substack.com/p/prompts-are-the-wands-of-gp...
Comment linking /p/prompts-are-the-wands-of-gpt
on “Flow-Based Programming, a way for AI and humans to develop together”Submitted How can we know if paid search advertising works? as a story · 156 points
HN discussionSubmitted My new syllabus for my new class on the economics of ChatGPT as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Inexact Matching Using Minimized Distance Metrics as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Interview with Guido Imbens on causal inference and instrumental variables as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How can we know if paid search advertising works? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion