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hmokiguesstoday at 3:58 PM1 replyview on HN

HN and YC walk a thin line between hacker culture and venture capitalist culture. I know it’s easy to think that because HN comes from YC them too are aligned with hacker culture, but no. YC is all cutthroat business.


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alexchantavytoday at 7:16 PM

Partial agree. YC created HN, though the HN community is very much _unlike_ anything I've seen at YC.

HN is deeply skeptical, technical, cynical, sarcastic. It's a great place to learn new things and I've loved it since I found it in 2012.

The current startup climate (not just limited to YC) feels very AI bro YEAHHLETSFUCKINGGOO (and I say this as a founder myself having gone through YC recently in W25).