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"Hacker News" this is not. I hate to be the guy saying "why is this article on here" but I do miss the stuff that used to be on this site :(

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It must be of some interest to the entrepreneurial-minded folks on HN. An East Coast company that started in 2012 [0] gets a $8B buyout -- and unless I'm missing something, it doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. Reminds me of stories about all the tech startups started by non-teenagers/non-dropouts whose big exits (some near unicorn-level) don't get much attention because their origin stories or their business plan don't sound as sexy as the archetypical Silicon Valley startup myth.

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.a...

Yeah I hear you, I’m just missing the stuff I used to find here - little cool libraries, new ways of doing things, stuff people made.

So much of what’s upvoted now are just the contents of the business section of any major newspaper.

I can’t speak for everyone, but I find the business, political, and social posts far more valuable than any technical post about a library, framework, or new abstraction.

Very few people change the world with code. It’s either soft skills or business acumen.

HN members—you included—help curate the content of this site. If you think a submission is inappropriate, flag it. Likewise, upvote and submit the types of articles you'd like to see. Help make HN the site you want it to be.

I always liked articles like this on HN, since it shows you don't always have to start a business in a sexy area like neural nets or autonomous driving to be successful.

"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_...

Holy crap, it's 24.5 years old! (171 dog-years.)

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