Hacker News: spking

Solo founders are 63% of new startups in 2026 (Stripe)

spking — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:21:19 +0000

Article URL: https://solofounders.com/blog/solo-founders-are-63-of-new-startups-in-2026-stripe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48496581

Points: 1

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Just Be Normal About Things

spking — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:07:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/just-be-normal-about-st

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48467777

Points: 6

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New comment by spking in "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"

spking — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:05:25 +0000

If this subject interests you, and you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend the book Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death

AI-indecision is a recursive trap. Don't get stuck

spking — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:56:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/ai-indecision-is-a-recursive-trap-dont-get-stuck/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48413395

Points: 2

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New comment by spking in "Ask HN: Entrepreneurs, how long did it take you to succeed?"

spking — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:54:28 +0000

Nothing wrong with being a solo founder and I doubt the two “90%” reasons you cited are true the majority of the time.

https://solofounders.com/

New comment by spking in "Dispatches from the possibly last days of human relevance"

spking — Thu, 28 May 2026 12:55:02 +0000

At least until robotic dexterity catches up.

Build with Modern Web Guidance

spking — Mon, 25 May 2026 14:50:50 +0000

Article URL: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/modern-web-guidance

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48267553

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by spking in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

spking — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:54:43 +0000

And this SNL sketch from a few decades ago:

https://youtu.be/NWIlScfHwOU?si=64xMCQf8MHtho44H

New comment by spking in "The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam"

spking — Tue, 19 May 2026 03:04:12 +0000

Non-paywalled link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/the-american-rebellion...

Is Creativity a Young Person's Game?

spking — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:41:27 +0000

Article URL: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-creativity-a-young-persons-game/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47966583

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by spking in "Cursor Camp"

spking — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:26:47 +0000

Touch virtual grass

AI's economics don't make sense

spking — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:39:53 +0000

Related: AI's biggest critic has lost the plot - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47934353

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47936867

Points: 236

# Comments: 195

New comment by spking in "Americans still opt for print books over digital or audio versions"

spking — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:11:39 +0000

That was a thing already, in the 1960s and 1970s lots of pulp paperbacks had ads for cigarettes and cheap cologne between chapters, for example.

Wozcode: A Claude Code plugin that supercharges performance, cost, and speed

spking — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:44:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wozcode.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47720704

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The AI Industry Is Lying to You

spking — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:30:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-lying-to-you/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47506259

Points: 166

# Comments: 131

New comment by spking in "America's never had such high national debt heading into an economic shock"

spking — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:18:32 +0000

https://archive.is/wfGKF

How did the Apollo flight computers get men to the moon and back? (2018) [video]

spking — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:20:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULGi3UkgW30

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325324

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by spking in "Humanoid robot: The evolution of Kawasaki’s challenge"

spking — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:36:49 +0000

I think this is the podcast you mentioned:

https://youtu.be/SRZ9E48B6aM?si=K_wwvu97agBZpFTa

The Noble Path

spking — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-noble-path/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47303043

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Paperclip: Open-source orchestration for zero-human companies

spking — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:36:23 +0000

Article URL: https://paperclip.ing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47275402

Points: 3

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