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Taylor Davidson's personal blog at taylordavidson.com covers startups, business and writing. Since 2009, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Why Deep Linking is Back”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-10, and you can follow it by feed.

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14mentions?
11HN people?
2009–2017first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 9 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers recommend Taylor Davidson's newsletter and site as a source of personal opinion on tech and photography, rather than link roundups. Commenters cite it in threads on newsletters worth reading.

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.

Taylor Davidson is a venture fund CFO and founder of Hemrock. He leads financial operations and builds software, models, and workflows for better decisions.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Why Deep Linking is Back
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-05-12
  2. Why Mobile Unbundling Isn't Inevitable
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-08-09
  3. Card Architecture Card Design
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-04-01

What Hacker News says?

  1. Great list here. I also love: - Things That Have Caught My Attention by Dan Hon - http://tinyletter.com/danhon (He's the content director for Code for America and writes beautiful, thoughtful and personal commentary. Very smart.) - Taylor Davidson's Newsletter - http://taylordavidson.com/letters (Writings at the intersection of tech and photography. Similar to Benedict Evans' format.) - Deb Chachra's Metafoundry - h…

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    on “Ask HN: Which newsletters do you think are indispensable?”
  2. Submitted Why Mobile Unbundling Isn't Inevitable as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  3. jokull · 2014-08-29Recommends
    http://taylordavidson.com/ has a pretty good one, lots of personal opinion, not so much linkrolling

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    on “ASH HN: What are some tech and startups newsletters worth signing up for?”
  4. Submitted Why your homescreen will change as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Why Deep Linking is Back as a story · 3 points

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  6. Submitted Why Mobile Unbundling Isn't Inevitable as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Card Architecture Card Design as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Why Deep Linking Matters as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted On the design and architecture of cards (Twitter, Google, Tinder, et. al.) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted The mobile single-purpose app strategy as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Publishing as a Product, Pageviews as Users, and What It All Means as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted How mobile messaging apps are part of the future of adtech as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Actually, venture capital *is* adapting as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted The Passing of the Polymath as a story · 1 points

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