Hacker News: historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=historian1066Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:39:27 +0000<![CDATA[State Farm and Jeep abandon middlemen]]>Article URL: https://marginpoints.substack.com/p/state-farm-and-jeep-abandon-middlemen

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48577150

Points: 3

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]]>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:26:14 +0000https://marginpoints.substack.com/p/state-farm-and-jeep-abandon-middlemenhistorian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48577150https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48577150<![CDATA[Cursor Is a Great Restaurant]]>Article URL: https://marginpoints.substack.com/p/cursor-is-a-great-restaurant

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558117

Points: 1

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]]>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:47:38 +0000https://marginpoints.substack.com/p/cursor-is-a-great-restauranthistorian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558117https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558117<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"]]>Working on Margin Points (https://www.marginpoints.com/): a daily essay series on business and tech. Already over 80 essays in. I'm playing around with a daily live call-in show for readers who want to discuss ideas while the essays are rough drafts and help shape the thinking.

]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:52:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530355historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530355https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530355<![CDATA[Shoeshine Boy Buys the Index]]>Article URL: https://www.marginpoints.com/essays/shoeshine-boy-buys-the-index

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511615

Points: 2

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]]>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:48:07 +0000https://www.marginpoints.com/essays/shoeshine-boy-buys-the-indexhistorian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511615https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511615<![CDATA[Nostalgia Is New for Some]]>Article URL: https://www.marginpoints.com/essays/nostalgia-is-new-for-some

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48485363

Points: 2

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]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:58:24 +0000https://www.marginpoints.com/essays/nostalgia-is-new-for-somehistorian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48485363https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48485363<![CDATA[World Cup isn't 104 Taylor Swift concerts]]>Article URL: https://www.marginpoints.com/essays/world-cup-isn-t-104-taylor-swift-concerts

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48411823

Points: 3

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]]>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:58:42 +0000https://www.marginpoints.com/essays/world-cup-isn-t-104-taylor-swift-concertshistorian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48411823https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48411823<![CDATA[Open AI and YC]]>Article URL: https://www.marginpoints.com/issues/2026-05-20-openai-and-yc-ipo-oxygen-hacky-sack

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48267430

Points: 2

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]]>Mon, 25 May 2026 14:40:59 +0000https://www.marginpoints.com/issues/2026-05-20-openai-and-yc-ipo-oxygen-hacky-sackhistorian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48267430https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48267430<![CDATA[AI Power Users Are Impressing Bosses and Leaving Co-Workers in the Dust]]>Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/these-ai-power-users-are-impressing-bosses-and-leaving-co-workers-in-the-dust-801e96b9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45835471

Points: 4

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]]>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:15:03 +0000https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/these-ai-power-users-are-impressing-bosses-and-leaving-co-workers-in-the-dust-801e96b9historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45835471https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45835471<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Why do LLMs freak out over the seahorse emoji?"]]>Strawberry used to be spelled strawbery. Is it definitive that the 3 rs problem wasn’t caused by the prior spelling?

]]>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:28:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45487643historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45487643https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45487643<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Shiller PE Ratio"]]>Increasing in money markets: https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/us-investors-cash-9411...

A lot of cash still on the sidelines

]]>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:57:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45373421historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45373421https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45373421<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Shiller PE Ratio"]]>It's also worth considering the amount of cash still sitting in US treasuries

]]>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:39:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45373152historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45373152https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45373152<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)"]]>Tundra.com | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack, DevOps, Product, Design | Zurich, Switzerland & San Francisco | Full-time | https://www.tundra.com

We’re building the place for wholesale online. A place where businesses can discover and buy the best products at the lowest direct wholesale prices. A place where suppliers can bring their products to market, build their brands and audiences, and keep all of their sales.

We're a venture-backed startup attacking a big problem and we take a first principles approach to building software in the logistics, finance, and ecommerce domains. We're scaling quickly and growing our team in both San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland.

What we are looking for:

* Proactive, passionate and have the needed perseverance for creating great software in imperfect world

* Track record in scaling of complex software systems

Email us at careers@tundra.com or apply through AngelList: https://www.angel.co/tundra

]]>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:43:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28038147historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28038147https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28038147<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2021)"]]>Tundra.com | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack, DevOps, Product, Design | Zurich, Switzerland & San Francisco | Full-time | https://www.tundra.com

We’re building the place for wholesale online. A place where businesses can discover and buy the best products at the lowest direct wholesale prices. A place where suppliers can bring their products to market, build their brands and audiences, and keep all of their sales.

We're a venture-backed startup attacking a big problem and we take a first principles approach to building software in the logistics, finance, and ecommerce domains. We're scaling quickly and growing our team in both San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland.

What we are looking for:

* Proactive, passionate and have the needed perseverance for creating great software in imperfect world

* Track record in scaling of complex software systems

Email us at careers@tundra.com or apply through AngelList: https://www.angel.co/tundra

]]>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:07:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26309106historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26309106https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26309106<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)"]]>Tundra.com | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack, DevOps, Product, Design | Zurich, Switzerland & San Francisco | Full-time | https://www.tundra.com

We’re building the place for wholesale online. A place where businesses can discover and buy the best products at the lowest direct wholesale prices. A place where suppliers can bring their products to market, build their brands and audiences, and keep all of their sales.

We're a venture-backed startup attacking a big problem and we take a first principles approach to building software in the logistics, finance, and ecommerce domains. We're scaling quickly and growing our team in both San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland.

What we are looking for:

* Proactive, passionate and have the needed perseverance for creating great software in imperfect world

* Track record in scaling of complex software systems

Email us at careers@tundra.com or apply through AngelList: https://www.angel.co/tundra

]]>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:23:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25992487historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25992487https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25992487<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2019)"]]>Tundra.com | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack, DevOps, Product, Design | Zurich, Switzerland & San Francisco | Full-time, Onsite | https://www.tundra.com

Tundra is reimagining wholesale with a frictionless marketplace that allows independent businesses to freely transact, scale and thrive. We sell and deliver product directly from US and Canadian brands to savvy businesses around the world, and around the corner. By eliminating transaction fees and markups, we empower our community of buyers and suppliers to keep reinvesting in their growth.

We're a venture-backed startup attacking a big problem and we take a first principles approach to building software in the logistics, finance, and ecommerce domains. We're scaling quickly and growing our team in both San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland.

What we are looking for:

* Proactive, passionate and have the needed perseverance for creating great software in imperfect world

* Track record in scaling of complex software systems

Email us at careers@tundra.com or apply through AngelList: https://www.angel.co/tundra

]]>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 21:03:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21423670historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21423670https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21423670<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2019)"]]>Tundra.com | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack, DevOps, Product, Design | Zurich, Switzerland & San Francisco | Full-time, Onsite | https://www.tundra.com

Tundra is reimagining wholesale with a frictionless marketplace that allows independent businesses to freely transact, scale and thrive. We sell and deliver product directly from US and Canadian brands to savvy businesses around the world, and around the corner. By eliminating transaction fees and markups, we empower our community of buyers and suppliers to keep reinvesting in their growth.

We're a venture-backed startup attacking a big problem and we take a first principles approach to building software in the logistics, finance, and ecommerce domains. We're scaling quickly and growing our team in both San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland.

What we are looking for:

* Proactive, passionate and have the needed perseverance for creating great software in imperfect world

* Track record in scaling of complex software systems

Email us at careers@tundra.com or apply through AngelList: https://www.angel.co/tundra

]]>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:39:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21131627historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21131627https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21131627<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2019)"]]>Tundra.com | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack | Zurich, Switzerland & San Francisco | Full-time, Onsite | https://www.tundra.com

Tundra is reimagining wholesale with a frictionless marketplace that allows independent businesses to freely transact, scale and thrive. We sell and deliver product directly from US and Canadian brands to savvy businesses around the world, and around the corner. By eliminating transaction fees and markups, we empower our community of buyers and suppliers to keep reinvesting in their growth.

We're a venture-backed startup attacking a big problem and we take a first principles approach to building software in the logistics, finance, and ecommerce domains. We're scaling quickly and growing our team in both San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland.

What we are looking for:

* Proactive, passionate and have the needed perseverance for creating great software in imperfect world

* Track record in scaling of complex software systems

Email us at careers@tundra.com or apply through AngelList: https://www.angel.co/tundra

]]>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:24:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20868837historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20868837https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20868837<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)"]]>Tundra.com | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack | Zurich, Switzerland & San Francisco | Full-time, Onsite | https://www.tundra.com

Tundra is reimagining wholesale with a frictionless marketplace that allows independent businesses to freely transact, scale and thrive. We sell and deliver product directly from US and Canadian brands to savvy businesses around the world, and around the corner. By eliminating transaction fees and markups, we empower our community of buyers and suppliers to keep reinvesting in their growth.

We're a venture-backed startup attacking a big problem and we take a first principles approach to building software in the logistics, finance, and ecommerce domains. We're scaling quickly and growing our team in both San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland.

What we are looking for:

* Proactive, passionate and have the needed perseverance for creating great software in imperfect world

* Track record in scaling of complex software systems

Email us at careers@tundra.com or apply through AngelList: https://www.angel.co/tundra

]]>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:12:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20330250historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20330250https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20330250<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2019)"]]>Tundra.com | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack | Zurich, Switzerland & San Francisco | Full-time, Onsite | https://www.tundra.com

Tundra is reimagining wholesale with a frictionless marketplace that allows independent businesses to freely transact, scale and thrive. We sell and deliver product directly from US and Canadian brands to savvy businesses around the world, and around the corner. By eliminating transaction fees and markups, we empower our community of buyers and suppliers to keep reinvesting in their growth.

We're a venture-backed startup attacking a big problem and we take a first principles approach to building software in the logistics, finance, and ecommerce domains. We're scaling quickly and growing our team in both San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland.

What we are looking for:

* Proactive, passionate and have the needed perseverance for creating great software in imperfect world

* Track record in scaling of complex software systems

Email us at careers@tundra.com or apply through AngelList: https://www.angel.co/tundra

]]>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:58:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20090718historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20090718https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20090718<![CDATA[New comment by historian1066 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)"]]>Tundra.com | Frontend, Backend, Fullstack | Zurich, Switzerland & San Francisco | Full-time, Onsite | https://www.tundra.com

At Tundra, we’re passionate about empowering small business. We're a venture-backed startup attacking a big problem: how small businesses buy and sell products. We take a first principles approach to building software in the logistics, finance, and ecommerce domains. We're scaling quickly and growing our team in both San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland.

What we are looking for:

* Proactive, passionate and have the needed perseverance for creating great software in imperfect world

* Track record in scaling of complex software systems

Email us at careers@tundra.com or apply through AngelList: https://www.angel.co/tundra

]]>Wed, 01 May 2019 18:51:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19800400historian1066https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19800400https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19800400