Update for the week ending on Friday, Apr 18, 2025

mtlynch.io

• Worked on post about my first Kickstarter
• Published “Don’t Marry Your Podcasting Platform: Host Your Own Podcast Feed”

Refactoring English

• Taught a live class about choosing blog topics
• Added the book’s first professional sponsor

HN Observer

HN Observer is a tool I’m working on to predict the outcome of submissions to Hacker News based on past historical data.

• Refactored to change the assumption that every item on the front page is a story
  • The front page can also include jobs and polls
• Refactored the HN API logic to its own package

Misc

• Did monthly bookkeeping