What happens when your blog post hits #1 in Hacker News?

Some weeks ago my post “How the AI bubble bursts” reached #1 in Hacker News and stayed there for about 3 hours, plus 1 hour on the front page until it ultimately dropped. This came as a total surprise, I expected to get 4 points, like my previous post. It was certainly an emotional rollercoaster to get that validation from a community I’ve been following since I first got to the internet. It was…