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Actively Lazy

Personal blog · blog.activelylazy.co.ukprogrammingcareer

Actively Lazy is a personal blog at blog.activelylazy.co.uk about programming and career. Since 2011, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Choosing a Programming Language: Recruitment”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.

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8mentions?
8HN people?
2011–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Programming-language writing, linked in a thread on why one team uses OCaml. The only comment quotes the post's claim that an unpopular language makes hiring harder and asks for evidence.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Software, crafted with passion

Most-linked posts?

  1. Choosing a Programming Language: Recruitment
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-05-28

What Hacker News says?

  1. junke · 2015-11-16
    > Using a not very popular programming language can actually make it harder for you to hire people. This is a very popular opinion, but I never see anyone taking the time to bring actual arguments. Do you have any experience hiring people or are you just spreading this seemingly self-evident claim? If a language is popular, wouldn't more companies want to hire for it, which would make recruiting harder? See http://b…

    Comment linking /2013/05/27/choosing-a-programming-language-recruitment/

    on “Why We Use OCaml”
  2. mrrazz · 2015-09-29

    Submitted Your DI framework is killing your code as a story · 56 points

    HN discussion
  3. suprgeek · 2011-10-14

    Submitted If I had more time I would have written less code as a story · 46 points

    HN discussion
  4. dade · 2013-04-10

    Submitted Choosing a Programming Language as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  5. markokocic · 2011-10-20

    Submitted How much architecture is enough? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. activelylazy · 2011-07-19

    Submitted Getting started with Selenium 2 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Inception · 2015-03-10

    Submitted Dogma Driven Development as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. SanderMak · 2013-05-28

    Submitted Choosing a Programming Language: Recruitment as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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