This idea that “the HN crowd” is an amorphous blob needs to die. Some people use the expression to mean “people like me”, others to mean “people with characteristic I don’t like”. The people who frequent HN are more diverse than the people who use that phrase think.
Stern is known to many technologists who follow the Apple world, as she has gotten exclusive interviews with the higher-ups like Craig Federighi. Those interviews have been referenced and praised by well-know Apple commentators on the Accidental Tech Podcast, Daring Fireball, and more.
I’ll say it again: the fact that you do not know her does not make her a random, it makes you one of the day’s 10000.
Stern is known to many technologists who follow the Apple world, as she has gotten exclusive interviews with the higher-ups like Craig Federighi. Those interviews have been referenced and praised by well-know Apple commentators on the Accidental Tech Podcast, Daring Fireball, and more.
I’ll say it again: the fact that you do not know her does not make her a random, it makes you one of the day’s 10000.