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Will Patrick
Personal blog · willpatrick.co.uk/articlesbusinessculturewriting
Will Patrick's personal blog at willpatrick.co.uk covers business, culture and writing. Since 2020, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “How to Buy Gifts That People Want (2020)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-06, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
This blog's post is a programmer's approach to finding gifts, shared as a Show HN. One comment instead discusses a separate linked article on why cash gifts work better.
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.
B2B product marketing specialist and writer. Articles on marketing, strategy, and internet culture, plus notes and reviews from 80+ books.
Most-linked posts?
- How to Buy Gifts That People Want (2020)2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-12-01
- How to buy gifts that people actually want2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-12-01
What Hacker News says?
I love this article [1] about the effectiveness of gifts. Turns out, most of the time you're better off gifting cash. It's more aligned with what the priorities of the gift receivers: - Usefulness (can I do something with it?) - Versatility (can I do a variety of things with it?) - Quality (is it well made/going to last?) - Stuff they've asked for (did I actually say I want this?) I've been gifting cash for a little…
Comment linking /articles/how-to-buy-gifts-that-people-actually-want
on “Show HN: A programmer's approach to finding gifts”Submitted How to buy gifts that people actually want as a story · 351 points
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HN discussionSubmitted How to Buy Gifts That People Want as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Buy Gifts That People Want (2020) as a story · 2 points
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HN discussionSubmitted How to Buy Gifts That People Want (2020) as a story · 1 points
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