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Is it cool now to just link to landing pages where you sell things now?

Am I missing something?

Why the hell are people upvoting a “buy now with discount code” page?

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I upvoted it because:

1. HN, in my experience, is an extension of ycombinator. Since it's this guy's entrepreneurial thing, I think that's relevant.

2. I'm interested in Rust, though I've never used it.

3. I'm the target demographic for this.

edit: formatting

> I'm interested in Rust, though I've never used it.

Yep, that's how most people seem to feel about it before they try it.

Hopefully we can have some conversation about the ecosystem and state of rust for backend webapps.

You can link to any kind of meaningful content to do with rust and do that.

This is using HN as an ad platform.

HN pretty much originally existed as way to advertise ycombinator. Entrepreneurs make up a huge HN demographic. Marketing, sales, and advertising is a regular topic. “Show HN” is a special tag for certain kinds of marketing to HN users. Doesn’t seem out of place to me, to be honest.

If you visit https://www.lpalmieri.com/ you can read the chapters before buying and supporting the author.

Seems like hackernews will upvote anything Rust. I have to say, I've never tried the language, but I'm completely sold.

Because Rust?

What discount code?

I think it depends on your country. I got a 20% discount, which appears to offset the VAT I have to pay.

> You'll be charged US$62.01, including US$12.40 for VAT in <my country>.

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