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I started Hacker Newsletter [1] almost 14 years ago and sent out the 647th issue today [2] to 58k folks. It took over a year to break 1k subscribers and a few m

by duck 4y ago

I started Hacker Newsletter [1] almost 14 years ago and sent out the 647th issue today [2] to 58k folks. It took over a year to break 1k subscribers and a few more years to get to that type of revenue. I could do a lot more with it and plan to one day, but really only focus on it a couple hours each week when I build the issue and talk to sponsors. 1: https://hackernewsletter.com https://hackernewsletter.com 2: https://mailchi.mp/hackernewsletter/647 https://mailchi.mp/hackernewsletter/647

sethlivingston 3y ago
Your newsletter is the best part of my Friday mornings. Thank you.
ayewo 4y ago
Thanks for starting it and keeping it going. It is one of the few newsletters I look forward to so I can “catch up” with topics that were popular during the course of a week on HN.
biztos 4y ago
I'm a happy subscriber! Funny thing is, I ignore it most weeks because I'm checking HN a lot anyway; but if I have so much as a long weekend offline then your newsletter is the answer to my FOMO. I love the simplicity and I don't mind the ads.
ansc 4y ago
Thanks for doing it. Love receiving this.
gnrlst 4y ago
What's the current MRR out of curiosity? I think about it every time I get it in my inbox :)
passedpawn 3y ago
I love it. I read it while having coffee on Saturday mornings.
dave333 4y ago
Hmmm... all the stories on the 647 sample issue are ones I had already read here on HN. So you are just curating the HN feed?
- duck 4y ago
  Yeah, all links come from HN (I use the API to pull them into my tool). I'm not just grabbing the highest voted items though, but rather a mix. Basically I'm taking the ~1500 posts that got at least 5 votes and picking ~70 for each issue. If you saw all 70 of those then you're on HN all the time and it probably isn't much use to you.
dansult 4y ago
I don't have HN open all day so I love this newsletter. I'm also in Australia so sometimes I miss posts as they slide away during US work hours. Love your work
- duck 4y ago
  Thanks Dan, glad to hear it is useful. Mudmap looks very cool!
mr_o47 4y ago
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sethlivingston 3y ago

Your newsletter is the best part of my Friday mornings. Thank you.

ayewo 4y ago

Thanks for starting it and keeping it going. It is one of the few newsletters I look forward to so I can “catch up” with topics that were popular during the course of a week on HN.

biztos 4y ago

I'm a happy subscriber! Funny thing is, I ignore it most weeks because I'm checking HN a lot anyway; but if I have so much as a long weekend offline then your newsletter is the answer to my FOMO. I love the simplicity and I don't mind the ads.

ansc 4y ago

Thanks for doing it. Love receiving this.

gnrlst 4y ago

What's the current MRR out of curiosity? I think about it every time I get it in my inbox :)

passedpawn 3y ago

I love it. I read it while having coffee on Saturday mornings.

dave333 4y ago

Hmmm... all the stories on the 647 sample issue are ones I had already read here on HN. So you are just curating the HN feed?

duck 4y ago
Yeah, all links come from HN (I use the API to pull them into my tool). I'm not just grabbing the highest voted items though, but rather a mix. Basically I'm taking the ~1500 posts that got at least 5 votes and picking ~70 for each issue. If you saw all 70 of those then you're on HN all the time and it probably isn't much use to you.

dansult 4y ago

I don't have HN open all day so I love this newsletter. I'm also in Australia so sometimes I miss posts as they slide away during US work hours. Love your work

duck 4y ago
Thanks Dan, glad to hear it is useful. Mudmap looks very cool!

mr_o47 4y ago

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