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by bwb 2y ago
I think they do around $500k+ a year based on the numbers they have shared in a few spots. The new giveaway platform for authors should help jump that revenue up too.
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by bwb 2y ago
Nadia does a great weekly dev log email that I enjoy as well. I highly recommend it -> https://buttondown.com/nodunayo
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by bwb 2y ago
I dislike Wordpress, try to avoid it at all costs.
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by bwb 2y ago
The editor is frustrating and a lack of page templates.
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by bwb 2y ago
The stolen images are incredibly frustrating, I wonder why Google took their images and is using them without credit.
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Google search destroyed our voice as a travel blog (and others)(viatravelers.com)
8 points by bwb 2y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Website builder with Substack-like editor/writer?
2 points by bwb 2y ago|4 comments
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by bwb 2y ago
Trauma / anxiety is a possible ingredient; people eat to fill a void. Same as anything that is self-destructive. People try to make themselves feel better and eating does that.
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by bwb 2y ago
So far, for my tests, it has performed terribly compared to ChatGPT and Claude. I hope this version is better.
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by bwb 2y ago
Thanks, following :)
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by bwb 2y ago
Ahrefs.com is quite good, but their pricing is a nightmare. And they change it constantly, not in your favor. Semrush is pretty good too, but not quite as good IMO.
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by bwb 2y ago
I always love their setup! They mix sci-fi, fantasy, and spec fiction, which frustrates me. But I realize that might be do to how publishers do genres...
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NPR's 2024 Books We Love(apps.npr.org)
2 points by bwb 2y ago|1 comments
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by bwb 2y ago
It won't have any results until the community shares their 3 favorite reads, and it updates the page hourly as those come in :)
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Show HN: Browse HN's Favorite Reads of 2024 (Like NPR's Books We Love)
4 points by bwb 2y ago|1 comments
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by bwb 2y ago
If you guys want to browse, I've had 1,300+ readers share their 3 favorite reads of the year here: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024 You can browse by a lot of different genres, etc. You can also submit yours here -&
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by bwb 2y ago
I am a big fan of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism By Daniel Pinchbeck Amazing book
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by bwb 2y ago
In executing on an idea, the end result is often very different from where you started. They might look similar now, but in 5 years one went enterprise on feature set and the other consumer etc etc.
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Dan Levitt's favorite science books to feed your soul with awe and wonder(shepherd.com)
1 points by bwb 2y ago|0 comments
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by bwb 2y ago
Thinking of Into Thin Air still makes me feel cold, intense book :)
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by bwb 2y ago
Wounded Tigris By Leon McCarron This book is not something you can read and forget. Leon and his small team travel down the entire Tigris River. They start in Turkey, go through all of Iraq, and end in the marshes. I picked it up, thinking
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by bwb 2y ago
Doh sorry, Evan Ratliff https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549566/the-mastermi...
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by bwb 2y ago
I highly recommend two... Dark Wire - An insane story about the FBI setting up their own encrypted phone network and selling it to global crime syndicates. Mastermind - The story of a 10-year-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux, who went
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by bwb 2y ago
Incredibly good breakdown of the problem... it is too bad as many publishers have already gone bankrupt, shut down, or switched to other platforms. Summaries here from people who went: https://mike-hardaker.com/f/i-dran
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Google's "Secret" Meeting with 20 HCU Crushed Bloggers [video](youtube.com)
2 points by bwb 2y ago|1 comments
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by bwb 2y ago
btw, this might be helpful as it goes deep on the problem, and why this is a problem that Google also recognizes is hurting a TON of indie publishers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_6FqA87Lfc
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by bwb 2y ago
I think so, always going to be some people looking for directed learning to get them started. There are still a ton of dev jobs out there.
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by bwb 2y ago
Hah, I like a little humor, but it doesn't sound like we are not a personality match so yes, I do recommend you skip it :) The Googler wasn't helping in anyway; in fact, it is clear they don't even understand search with such
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by bwb 2y ago
For sure, but they didn't mean people arguing to the death over if writing with a pencil or pen is better :) Don't get so focused on tools, focus on the message.
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by bwb 2y ago
It isn't the worst result for sure; it is probably the strongest result on the page beyond the one ahead of it. But it is 14 years old and not the best source in this situation. Can you read the entire post? I go through each of the to

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