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Zak Homuth

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Zak Homuth's personal blog at zakhomuth.com covers startups and career. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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7mentions?
4HN people?
2012–2013first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2012

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

Why HN links it

Posts by the author about his experience entering the US at the border and his startup Upverter's time in Y Combinator. Linked in threads on those topics.

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.

Early. Not on purpose.

What Hacker News says?

  1. Not only is the article from Jan 2011, he was able to successfully enter the US in March, and seems to be able to go there often now. So really not a problem for him long term. http://zakhomuth.com/guess-who-made-it-into-the-us

    Comment linking /guess-who-made-it-into-the-us

    on “My U.S. Border Nightmare”
  2. Submitted Sad, Tired, and Alone: My Ongoing Battle With Startup Depression as a story · 362 points

    HN discussion
  3. if you read through the blog you'll find this experience by 'Zak': - http://zakhomuth.com/my-us-border-nightmare - http://zakhomuth.com/us-border-status-update - http://zakhomuth.com/us-border-status-update-41408

    Comment linking /us-border-status-update-41408

    on “Upverter: Our Y Combinator Experience”
  4. Submitted My U.S. Border Nightmare as a story · 320 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted The Thing You Love as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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