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nate

7,926karma·1,070submissions·October 10, 2006

about

YC alum. Founded Inkling and Draft. Ran Highrise. Founding engineer at Census (acquired by Fivetran)

https://ninjasandrobots.com

I'm working on https://allihat.com, https://pageforth.com, and more. If I can be helpful at all with anything, please hit me up on X (@natekontny) or email me anytime (nate.kontny+hn@gmail.com).

recent activity (1,070 total)

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Persistence is undervalued(m.signalvnoise.com)

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Mozilla launches a new identity(mozilla.org)

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Look behind you(medium.com)

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Show HN: Our Highrise App for Android Built with Xamarin(m.signalvnoise.com)

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Looking for a distraction… or optimism?(m.signalvnoise.com)

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Hosting a YouTube Channel(m.signalvnoise.com)

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Hierarchy of needs – business and product lessons learned from watching my toddler(medium.com)

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Behind the scenes: A/B testing at Highrise(m.signalvnoise.com)

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How could this entrepreneur compete against a billion-dollar giant?(m.signalvnoise.com)

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A very similar effect is the "backfire effect" http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Backfire_effect I've been spending a lot of time focusing on this with customer support…

10y ago·view thread

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Can smiling make you happier?(slate.com)

10y ago·58 comments

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Why You Should Care Less(m.signalvnoise.com)

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Why are some people successful over and over and over again?(m.signalvnoise.com)

10y ago·discuss

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Can I do better? Or is it all downhill from here?(m.signalvnoise.com)