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aleksandra.codes
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aleksandra.codes is a personal blog at aleksandra.codes about programming and web. Since 2020, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Most tech content is bullshit (2020)”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in HN threads about where to blog and a JavaScript quiz site. The comments cite its posts as references and do not judge the writing. The posts cover tech content and blogging, plus a JavaScript quiz.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
aleksandra's digital garden
Most-linked posts?
- Most tech content is bullshit (2020)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-08
- Most tech content is bullshit2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-07
What Hacker News says?
This truly feels like https://www.aleksandra.codes/tech-content-consumer/ , where every blog post rehashes the well tread territory of Hugo/Jenkins/Netlify/GH Pages or Wordpress/Blogger/Ghost/Medium/Neocities, or even the newish "minimal" ones like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23313196 . You can even blog to specific audiences with the rise of "send a newsletter" SaaS things! IMO, very few people are at a lo…
Comment linking /tech-content-consumer/
on “Where to Blog”Submitted Most tech content is bullshit as a story · 709 points
HN discussionSounds like this: http://jsquiz.wtf , but the website is now down. Referenced here: https://www.aleksandra.codes/javascript-quiz Looks like it may be available here: https://wtf-js-quiz.netlify.app
Comment linking /javascript-quiz
on “Ask HN: Help me find this website that I should have bookmarked”Submitted Choosing a database model for a hierarchical content as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Most tech content is bullshit (2020) as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Most tech content is bullshit as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Oh no, I have to add those stupid TypeScript types as a story · 2 points
HN discussion