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Alex Kotliarskyi
Personal blog · frantic.improgramming
Alex Kotliarskyi's personal blog at frantic.im covers programming. Since 2016, 25 different Hacker News readers have linked it 34 times, most often “The Productivity Mirage”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Personal blog by a software engineer with 20 years of experience, covering software engineering, product design, side projects and productivity, such as macOS app shortcuts and a TODO file for side projects.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Occasional posts on technology and stuff
Most-linked posts?
- The Productivity Mirage3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-07-25
- Show OS X notification when long running cmd finishes and terminal not in focus3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-07-05
- Things that are not strings2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-08-21
- Understanding Cheng Lou's Talk “Taming the Meta Language” from ReactConf2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-03-26
- JavaScript Gom Jabbar2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-06-29
- /leaving-facebook2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-24
- Thoughts on Remix 32 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-10-13
What Hacker News says?
I switch between commonly used apps with a single shortcut (e.g. ⌥E opens VSCode, ⌥D opens Chrome). Details http://frantic.im/macos-app-shortcuts I use a simple TODO file for side projects https://blog.frantic.im/all/todo-file-for-personal-projects/
Comment linking /macos-app-shortcuts
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?”Submitted On Leaving Facebook as a story · 600 points
HN discussion> That said I'm shocked devs are playing too since they have a comfy life. I guess it just taps into the same primitive reptilian brain reflexes. An interesting firsthand view on the dynamics of the motivations comes from HN post from some times ago ( https://frantic.im/leaving-facebook ). Some excerpts: > The salary is high. Facebook aims to pay top 5% compensation in the market (we’ll get back to that). This makes…
Comment linking /leaving-facebook
on “At one company I worked at only one thing mattered: the yearly bonus”Submitted Moving my serverless project to Ruby on Rails as a story · 350 points
HN discussionhttps://frantic.im/ I’ve been coding for 20 years now, sharing insights I’ve learned about software engineering, product design, side projects, productivity.
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted Improving end-to-end test reliability as a story · 57 points
HN discussionHey team, This is Joe and Stopa. We're best friends, worked at FB / Airbnb together, and are now building a company. A bit back, we did an intense job search together. We went through 20 onsites, and landed senior / staff offers. We noticed that though there was a lot of content out there on interviews and negotiation, some of the ideas that made the biggest difference for us weren't talked about. Some of many thing…
Comment linking /leaving-facebook
on “Show HN: Senior Engineer Jobsearch”Submitted A side project story: octave.im as a story · 39 points
HN discussionSubmitted Todo apps are meant for robots as a story · 24 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show OS X notification when long running cmd finishes and terminal not in focus as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things that are not strings as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Cheng Lou's Talk “Taming the Meta Language” from ReactConf as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Productivity Mirage as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughts on Remix 3 as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The "Get Your Shit Together" Day as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Optimize Your Meetings for Engagement as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show OS X notifications when long running command finishes as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Productivity Mirage as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughts on Remix 3 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted No Best Tool for the Job as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript Gom Jabbar as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript Gom Jabbar as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things that are not strings as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things that are not strings as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Very First React Native App on the AppStore as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Geek's guide to making decent slides as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Productivity Mirage as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Slow, Then Suddenly as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A side project story: Hacker Gifts (2018-2024) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Story Behind Hackathon Photo as a story · 1 points
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