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maguay
Thurs Jul 29, 2010 11:12am PST
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about
Writer, co-founder of PithandPip.com writing agency.

Building a new collaborative writing platform at reproof.app.

Formerly founding editor @Racket100 and @Capiche (acq. by Vendr), senior writer at @Zapier (YC S12).

Blog: https://techinch.com/

Twitter: @maguay

Email: [HN username] at techinch.com

Topcolor: #3067AA

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Wed Mar 18, 2026 2:28am PST
Too Much Color
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Thurs Mar 12, 2026 8:39am PST
How to Send Email to Space
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Wed Feb 18, 2026 2:29am PST
Thin Is In
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Mon Feb 9, 2026 12:41pm PST
Bang paths, source routing, and how email trips were planned
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Fri Dec 5, 2025 8:39am PST
I Accidentally Misinformed an AI
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Wed Nov 12, 2025 7:32am PST
NaNoWriMo and the creative power of looming fear
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Thurs Oct 16, 2025 6:39am PST
Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin
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Tues Aug 26, 2025 10:47am PST
US Intel
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Fri Apr 18, 2025 7:31am PST
AMP and why emails are not (and should never be) interactive
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Wed Apr 9, 2025 10:05am PST
I write about tech history because I trust 30yr-old blogs more than 3m-old blogs
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Mon Sep 9, 2024 8:12am PST
An Obligatory "Founder Mode" Post
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Tues Jun 11, 2024 2:36pm PST
How Stripe Built a Culture of Shipping
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Thurs Mar 7, 2024 12:59pm PST
Microsoft's Bing Helps Maintain Beijing's Great Firewall
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Thurs Feb 29, 2024 8:05am PST
The internet turned into a crowded mall. Now you need a corner shop
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Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:12am PST
No one wants to read your tutorial, until they do
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Tues Jan 16, 2024 3:27pm PST
Don't Add AI Chatbots to Your Product. Integrate AI into Features and Workflows
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Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:12am PST
Solve the Boring Problems, and Win
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Sun Nov 5, 2023 4:06am PST
The History of Sticky Keys
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Wed Aug 30, 2023 2:16am PST
Speculation on the Widely-Assumed Switch to USB-C Ports on the Upcoming iPhones
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Thurs Jul 20, 2023 1:09pm PST
The Developer’s Case for Building Native Integrations
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Thurs Feb 23, 2023 10:36am PST
The best domain names are two names. Or three.
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Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:57am PST
The Subtle Art of Celebrating Your Customers
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Tues Jan 17, 2023 8:31am PST
How Apple tied its fortunes to China
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Thurs Jan 5, 2023 7:45am PST
Over 50% of new startups don’t use .com domains
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Thurs Dec 8, 2022 10:26am PST
On Accidental status symbols, and designing new ones
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Thurs Dec 1, 2022 9:27am PST
Email is the most accessible API
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Wed Nov 2, 2022 1:47pm PST
On OKRs and the art of setting unobtainable goals
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Fri Oct 21, 2022 8:02am PST
The Canon Cat
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Fri Oct 14, 2022 9:26am PST
The Friday Update: On journaling to get things done
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Tues Sep 13, 2022 8:11am PST
We need a do-not-disturb mode, for collaboration
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Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:16am PST
Microsoft and the art of distributing something new
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Mon Aug 8, 2022 9:36am PST
Log In is more popular than Sign In: The UX Microcopy Survey
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Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:16am PST
The metaverse is already here, on Spotify
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Wed Jul 6, 2022 7:42am PST
Log In is more popular than Sign In
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Tues Jun 14, 2022 7:46am PST
Write documentation first, then build
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Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:39am PST
Document First. Then Build.
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Wed Apr 6, 2022 12:16am PST
Twitter has been working on an Edit button since last year
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Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:23pm PST
Google Docs still doesn’t fully support Markdown
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Thurs Mar 24, 2022 7:30am PST
Hitting the top of Hacker News = 30k Visitors
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Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:13am PST
99% of what you publish won’t be popular
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Tues Feb 15, 2022 9:04am PST
Notes apps are where ideas go to die, and that’s good
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Sat Jan 29, 2022 5:34am PST
Strikethrough and the Power of Defaults
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Tues Jan 4, 2022 1:33pm PST
Write what you wish others had written
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Wed Nov 24, 2021 10:31am PST
Copying is the best way to start
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Tues Nov 9, 2021 7:11am PST
Write in Markdown. Use HTML for everything else
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