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Alex King
Personal blog · alexking.org/blogprogrammingdesign
Alex King's personal blog at alexking.org covers programming and design. Since 2007, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Request: Alex King Rememberances: Alexking.org”. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Alex King's blog, a long-running WordPress and web development site from the 2000s, for its monetization and traffic-handling post and its personal writing. It was remembered after his death.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Alex King, Denver Web Developer
Most-linked posts?
- Request: Alex King Rememberances: Alexking.org3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-09-29
What Hacker News says?
I hadn't kept up with Alex, but I do remember interacting with him and looking up to him while I was in college and even after. He was always so impressive. While I always admired him, I'm even more in awe now. It takes someone really special and thoughtful to create the kind of lasting impression he has left on his site for his daughter, his wife, and his family and friends. You can get a taste here: http://alexkin…
Comment linking /blog/2015/08/24/rememberances
on “Alex King, an original Wordpress developer, has died”Submitted Spam Comment Generator Script as a story · 74 points
HN discussionI remember often ending up on his blog when looking up various Wordpress and web development topics back in the 2000s. The about page ( http://alexking.org/about ) on his website reveals an exciting and accomplished career, no doubt he would have kept doing ever greater things. Rest in peace!
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on “Alex King, an original Wordpress developer, has died”Submitted The Race to the Bottom Benefits Platforms (not Developers) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIf you did cross paths with Alex King, please share your stories with his wife at heatherkingcom@gmail.com . From http://alexking.org/blog/2015/08/24/rememberances One of the things my wife and I are trying to do is put together some information about my career that will hopefully give my 6 year-old daughter a better sense of who I was as an adult. She knows me as “dad”, but when she gets older she’ll be curious abo…
Comment linking /blog/2015/08/24/rememberances
on “Alex King, an original Wordpress developer, has died”Submitted Origin of the "share" icon as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHe was a great person, a great developer and a great businessmen. And fun piece of trivia, he invented the share icon http://alexking.org/project/share-icon
Comment linking /project/share-icon
on “Alex King, an original Wordpress developer, has died”Submitted Request: Alex King Rememberances: Alexking.org as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThis would be a great feature in a lot of web-based apps. Generate a few hundred passwords when you are on a secure connection, use them when needed. Edit: I found a few implementations. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/one-time-password/ http://alexking.org/blog/2008/06/27/phonefactor-10 http://henrik.schack.dk/yubikey-plugin/ http://blog.fastmail.fm/2008/07/21/one-time-and-sms-password... http://squirrelmail.or…
Comment linking /blog/2008/06/27/phonefactor-10
on “OTPW – A one-time password login package”Submitted Capsule, The Developer’s Code Journal as a story · 1 points
HN discussionAlex covers this subject pretty well on how he handles different traffic: http://alexking.org/blog/2007/05/22/monetization
Comment linking /blog/2007/05/22/monetization
on “If you have too many visitors (e.g., due to a digg/reddit submission), should you give certain visitors higher priority?”Submitted Envato vs. Mac App Store as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Github: WordPress Post Formats Admin UI as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introducing Carrington Build as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mobile Infidelity as a story · 1 points
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