Hacker News: tonystubblebine

Leaving the Cloud Isn't for Everyone

tonystubblebine — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:55:27 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@tobrien/leaving-the-cloud-isnt-for-everyone-b6520d55c41f

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45875493

Points: 3

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Rebranding Superhuman, Grammarly, and Coda

tonystubblebine — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:01:07 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/smith-diction/branding-superhuman-and-grammarly-and-coda-8c57f970bead

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45765293

Points: 1

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New comment by tonystubblebine in "How can I influence others without manipulating them?"

tonystubblebine — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 01:19:09 +0000

Advice a sales coach gave me was “sales is sorting, not convincing.”

I always found that put me in the right headspace to focus on listening first, then being clear. Whether they sort themselves into a yes or no is on them.

New comment by tonystubblebine in "Fell in a Hole, Got Out"

tonystubblebine — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 01:13:40 +0000

Thank you! Hoping for lots of good things.

A Primer on Strategy for Engineers

tonystubblebine — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:33:00 +0000

Article URL: https://writing.pupius.co.uk/you-need-to-be-more-strategic-dc473a2aa319

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43185249

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by tonystubblebine in "Making “social” social again: Announcing Mozi"

tonystubblebine — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:54:41 +0000

Yes! Just commented saying that too. I loved Dopplr andn I loved that era of Web 2.0 apps.

New comment by tonystubblebine in "Making “social” social again: Announcing Mozi"

tonystubblebine — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:53:54 +0000

It really made me think of Dopplr, which was one of the delighful and beautiful Web 2 apps that never quite broke out.

The thing that feels different between now and Web 2 is that the Internet is so much bigger. So you can build an app that has a niche and it can still be pretty big. I was on the early beta for this app and it's great, especially if networking and travel are a big part of your life. I honestly have no idea if it even needs to be bigger than that although I know it can be.

Tim Berners Lee's Open Letter Marking the Web's 35th Birthday

tonystubblebine — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:10:19 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@timberners_lee/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter-ebb410cc7d42

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39745622

Points: 3

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New comment by tonystubblebine in "Five Koans of Software Architecture (2022)"

tonystubblebine — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:08:42 +0000

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Five Koans of Software Architecture (2022)

tonystubblebine — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:06:47 +0000

Article URL: https://bellmar.medium.com/five-koans-of-software-architecture-f9f7305598c2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39745585

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Is AI Smarter Than an 8th Grader?

tonystubblebine — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:48:56 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@sierraelman/the-future-of-poetry-26dabfc2f50a

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39684760

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Disruption Comes to Google

tonystubblebine — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 01:56:19 +0000

Article URL: https://dareobasanjo.medium.com/disruption-comes-to-google-a88d7f32688b

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39656151

Points: 1

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The long journey to doing good better

tonystubblebine — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 01:56:03 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@moskov/works-in-progress-the-long-journey-to-doing-good-better-9dfb68e50868

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39656149

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by tonystubblebine in "Reddit signs $60M content licensing deal with AI company"

tonystubblebine — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 14:08:50 +0000

I’m not surprised. There had been some talks among various platforms to form a coalition and the reason we (Medium) thought they broke down was because people were trying to cut individual deals. I think this is overall bad for the internet because it cuts creators out of the decision and compensation.

Reddit signs $60M content licensing deal with AI company

tonystubblebine — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 14:05:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/reddit-signs-content-licensing-deal-with-ai-company-ahead-ipo-bloomberg-reports-2024-02-16/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39409499

Points: 74

# Comments: 79

New comment by tonystubblebine in "Do People Like Medium?"

tonystubblebine — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 02:35:14 +0000

Next time you see that sign-in, can you try dismissing it.

New comment by tonystubblebine in "Do People Like Medium?"

tonystubblebine — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 02:34:23 +0000

We definitely attract a lot of bad UGC. Not even just bad, a lot of it now is fraudulent AI generated trash. You got me interested in what the volume is of Medium links on HN. I think it's about 10 a day according to Algolia's HN search.

That doesn't seem so bad. So I'm wondering if there is some toxic overlap of what is bad on Medium also does well here, and what is good on Medium fails here.

For example, I saw that the 3.3 release of Dart got posted on Medium and then here yesterday. I think that's unambiguously good given that it's written by the creators of Dart. But, it's also kind of boring and specific to a small subset of developers.

Anyway, thanks for responding.

New comment by tonystubblebine in "Do People Like Medium?"

tonystubblebine — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 02:27:46 +0000

Fwiw, I didn't say fair. I think we all have the same goal which is that we want the front page of Hacker News to have great links. I've been a community member here since 2007 (geez, that's a long time) and have checked it basically every single day other than the very rare days where I haven't had internet access.

The trope we use for bad articles that used to do well on Medium are "X is dead." They are always written by people who don't have nearly the life experience to call it. But they invite reactions. They do less well now on Medium because we redid our recommendations to have human curators in the loop. I would want the same thing to happen here and I honestly don't understand why a community that is generally so good at boosting high quality articles falls for them.

New comment by tonystubblebine in "Do People Like Medium?"

tonystubblebine — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 01:55:58 +0000

Why is this on us (I'm Medium's CEO)? We have control over our own recommendations, and they have gotten a lot better. But people seem to take the worst articles, post them over here, and the people here upvote them. That seems like a problem with HN.

New comment by tonystubblebine in "CEOs Are Using Return to Office Mandates to Mask Poor Management"

tonystubblebine — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 03:00:27 +0000

The whole building should be converted to housing. It's not easy but also nobody is ever coming back.