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Aaron Randall

Personal blog · aaronrandall.com/blogprogrammingculture

Aaron Randall's personal blog at aaronrandall.com covers programming and culture. Since 2013, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Cracking the Adventure Time Cipher (2016)”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.

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8mentions?
5HN people?
2013–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2016

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Cracking the Adventure Time Cipher (2016)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-11-16

What Hacker News says?

  1. aaronrandall · 2016-08-01

    Submitted Cracking the Adventure Time cipher as a story · 241 points

    HN discussion
  2. aaronrandall · 2016-02-01

    Submitted Show HN: An algorithm to automatically turn photos of food into faces as a story · 211 points

    HN discussion
  3. todsacerdoti · 2021-11-16

    Submitted Cracking the Adventure Time Cipher (2016) as a story · 206 points

    HN discussion
  4. aaronrandall · 2015-05-26

    Submitted Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Super Mario Bros as a story · 120 points

    HN discussion
  5. jdkee · 2021-11-19

    Submitted Cracking the Adventure Time Cipher as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. sanswitch · 2013-12-15

    Submitted Hipster robot stops you listening to any music it deems "too mainstream" as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. ohjeez · 2025-05-27

    Submitted Turn any part of your screen into a playable level of Super Mario Bros (2015) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. aaronrandall · 2017-12-11

    Submitted A brief history of the strangest emoji as a story · 1 points

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