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Nik Stankovic
@nikstankovic_ · 24.2K followers
Best of 2024 · 29.2K likes
“Sorry Americans, you're fucked. It doesn't matter who wins November 5th. You're fucked either way.”
Peak year 2024, two years ago. 50 of the 100 best posts X exposes came from 2024. 2025 produced 15. The best work is behind the account, so far.
Balaji
@balajis · 2.2M followers
@nikstankovic_
Biggest post of 2026 · 22.1K likes · Sep 2, 2026
There is a whole world out there you know nothing about
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@balajis
@nikstankovic_
$1K
the earned figure that got the most attention in the last year · Sep 21, 2023 · 629 likes
Does this mean Russia can invade Europe if it confiscates $300 billion of its Central Bank funds as it is trying to do?
Read the post"He" is delivering on that vision. All "he" did was allocate $3 billion of federal money out of the $12B estimated construction cost. Much of the rest of bill will be paid by bonds issued by the stat…
Read the postFor those who passed around that clip by Kirby claiming US is giving up on funding Ukraine. Absolutely not. Biden was preparing to introduce the "One And Done" legislation to fund Ukraine until the n…
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top post points at @nikstankovic_ · 1 quote · 10.8K likes
One way. @balajis’s best posts point at @nikstankovic_; none of @nikstankovic_’s top posts point at @balajis. Counted from each account’s top posts, where a quote, a reply, or a mention each count one post. Likes, follows, and replies received are not visible in this data and are not claimed.
| Measure | @nikstankovic_ | @balajis |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 and the GitHub side | ||
| Top posts from 2026 so far | 5 | 48 |
| Likes on 2026’s ten best | 37.8K | — |
| GitHub days in 2026 | — | 8 |
| GitHub days · last 90 | — | 0 |
| GitHub streak · days in a row | — | 3 |
| Ships · share of the last 365 days | — | 4% |
Best of 2023 · 17.5K likes
“Satya wins. Reflexes of a startup CEO. Resources of a trillion dollar company. Pulls this together in 48 hours from a cold start. Gets it s…”
Peak year 2023, three years ago. 27 of the 100 best posts X exposes came from 2023. 2025 produced 27. Holding, not climbing.
Biggest post of 2026 · 790 likes · Aug 31, 2026
Come to Astana. Come to Kazakhstan. Come to Network School.
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This year is shown, not ranked: likes accumulate with age, so 2026 is always undercounted against completed years. The GitHub side counts days with any activity, public or private, from the contribution calendar.
This has always been the Soviet and Russian doctrine. Make decent weapons that are relatively cheap and can be repaired and mass produced easily. Don't make something that breaks down easily and has…
Read the postYou know where China is on this chart? Life expectancy is 78.2 (2021) Health expenditure per capita is $583 If we take that as a percent of GDP/capita... for: United States spends $10,000 USD on $70,…
Read the postBTW for everyone stuck in two decades ago, factory workers in China now make $500-$1000 / month. These are average salaries for university professors in most of Southeast European countries including…
Read the post@balajis
No post framed as earnings among the 15 posts read.
The first $100,000 is the hardest.
Read the postThe BitSignal How do you ring the fire alarm on the internet? How do you show it’s not a false alarm? I am putting up the BitSignal. $1M in BTC to alert us to the stealth financial crisis. $1000 per…
Read the postEvery line is a post by the account itself that names a dollar figure, newest first, linked so you can read it in place. ShipRatio checks that the post exists, not the number. A figure framed as revenue, MRR, profit, or sales is marked earned; a price, a raise, or someone else’s number is a mention.
| Private share of that activity | — | 97% |
| The record |
| Peak year | 2024 | 2023 |
| Top posts from the peak | 50 | 27 |
| Top posts counted | 100 | 100 |
| Likes across the sample | 267.7K | 742.3K |
| Best post | 116.8K | 116.2K |
| Median likes | 614 | 5K |
| Years in a row with a top post | 3 | 7 |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | ×0.5 | ×1.0 |
| Followers | 24.2K | 2.2M |