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		sonthonax on Nov 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike The New York Times is a glorified blogging platform. Not to long ago it was a Wordpress site. I'm fully aware of how jaring it is for the median HN reader to hear this, but maintenance of a news website isn't the kind of skilled labour that commands a 250k a year paycheck anymore.

FredPret on Nov 4, 2024 [–]

Perhaps but they do serve their blog at scale, including video and interactive widgets. They’re the most popular of the news blogs.

It’s not rocket engineering but it’s not nothing.

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