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Who is this guy?

HN commenters speculate on and provide links to identify a vaguely referenced person ('this guy' or similar) from the article or parent comment, often correcting each other with names like David Winer, Marc Andreessen, or Dan Luu.

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sergiosgc • Feb 22, 2014 • View on HN

"this guy" is David Winer, not some random guy. Go look him up.

johnny-lee • Oct 14, 2022 • View on HN

Don't you mean Rogers?see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32026637

zoklet-enjoyer • Feb 10, 2023 • View on HN

Do you have a link or name of the guy? I haven't heard about this

amaks • Mar 20, 2014 • View on HN

Looks like this is the guy: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=64303478.

mcjoken • Oct 9, 2020 • View on HN

You're thinking of Matt Stoller

againthis • Sep 26, 2021 • View on HN

Yes, same guy. was discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10271304

ojbyrne • May 9, 2025 • View on HN

I would guess he means Marc Andreesen.

hn-user-42 • Aug 22, 2025 • View on HN

What? did you check the source? he is the original guy.

runjake • Dec 23, 2023 • View on HN

I presume they mean Gaz Oakley.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaz_Oakley

lostmsu • Oct 16, 2021 • View on HN

Maybe WalterBright is his pseudonym on HN?