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Alex Dong

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Alex Dong's personal blog at alexdong.com covers programming and culture. Since 2010, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-10-13, and you can follow it by feed.

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2010–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 11 in 2013

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

Why HN links it

Posts explaining Choir, an audio-interface idea for use where people cannot look at a screen, such as in cars or with wearables. HN readers link it as the explainer for the Choir.io launch.

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.

Stream of Thoughts from Alex Dong. What I find interesting, intriguing or insightful.

What Hacker News says?

  1. Have a look at my co-conspirator's blog post about Choir: http://alexdong.com/choir-dot-io-explained/ We definitely see Choir fitting in where you can't look at or interact with a screen. Cars and wearable computing are areas we're excited about. First, though, we want to experiment on the desktop, find out what makes a good audio interface, and solve our own burning needs regarding more mundane monitoring situation…

    Comment linking /choir-dot-io-explained/

    on “Introducing choir.io”
  2. Submitted Soulmate lost. RIP Aaron Swartz as a story · 184 points

    HN discussion
  3. Many friends of mine have asked for my opinions on this. Figured now will be a good time to vent it out. About myself: http://alexdong.com/ . I grow up in China, right now staying in Shanghai, waiting for my australia immigration visa. I have to say that I feel really sad and powerless about this whole event. I think China is gradually cutting itself from outside, like what we've done in 1600. Instead of writing a l…

    Comment linking /

    on “Google update on China”
  4. Submitted New Google+ is beautiful? as a story · 118 points

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  5. Submitted One fundamental difference between ElasticSearch and Solr as a story · 99 points

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  6. Submitted Ward Cunningham answered “Do wikis have to be ugly? “ as a story · 7 points

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  7. Submitted Guardian > Economist > NYTimes > WSJ > Xinhua as a story · 3 points

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  8. Submitted A humble guide to startup your business as a story · 3 points

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  9. Submitted Weekend reading materials on deep learning as a story · 2 points

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  10. Submitted Google's photo search break through, Linkin's MonitorRank and on-demand touring as a story · 2 points

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  11. Submitted IOS 7 new design: Feels 1.0 and that might be ok. as a story · 2 points

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  12. Submitted Alan Kay: normal considered harmful as a story · 2 points

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  13. Submitted Learn a language you won't use in work. as a story · 2 points

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  14. Submitted Why “do what you love” is not idealist or a luxury for startup as a story · 2 points

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  15. Submitted 5 podcasts I subscribe to as a story · 2 points

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  17. Submitted Evolutionary Test-Time Compute: trade time and token for creativity as a story · 1 points

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  18. Submitted Classic Music Publishing, Slow Feed, iOS 7 and a Language Called ATS. as a story · 1 points

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  19. Submitted Standing ovation model and user acquisition as a story · 1 points

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  20. Submitted Git pull vs. git rebase: it’s about different engineering cultures as a story · 1 points

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  21. Submitted What’s wrong with universities database courses and how to fix it as a story · 1 points

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  22. Submitted The scapegoat theory of founder-investor relationship as a story · 1 points

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  23. Submitted For community site, distinguishable is more important than beautiful as a story · 1 points

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