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Scott Stevenson
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Scott Stevenson writes Competitive Philosophy, a personal blog at scottstevenson.substack.com about business, philosophy and career. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-04, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Essays on programming culture and mindset. One HN commenter cites his "Woodworking Mindset" post as an antidote to dogmatic attachment to tools and methods.
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.
Business is competitive philosophy.
What Hacker News says?
IMHO the immaturity you're speaking of stems from High Conscientiousness. When conscientiousness becomes obsessive, we worship The Right Way, The Right Tools, The Right Culture. We believe in tools and methods like they have some magical power. We get more concerned about the "how" than the "what" we output. Dogmatism creates immature thinking and debate. "Woodworking Mindset" is one antidote: https://scottstevenson…
Comment linking /p/how-to-finally-make-something-a16c8db7ba2a
on “Ask HN: Is Programming Culture Immature?”Submitted It's Time to Chop Wood with a Blunt Axe as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lego Mindset vs. Woodworking Mindset as a story · 2 points
HN discussion