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Alex Nixon

Personal blog · alexnixon.github.ioprogrammingwriting

Alex Nixon's personal blog at alexnixon.github.io covers programming and writing. Since 2019, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “It's Time to Start Writing (2019)”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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6mentions?
5HN people?
2019–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2019

A blog by Alex Nixon on programming and software

Most-linked posts?

  1. It's Time to Start Writing (2019)
    3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2019-12-22
  2. Static Types Are Dangerous
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-01-15

What Hacker News says?

  1. dhotson · 2020-07-21

    Submitted It's Time to Start Writing (2019) as a story · 280 points

    HN discussion
  2. mpweiher · 2020-01-16

    Submitted Static types are dangerously interesting as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  3. ScottFree · 2020-01-15

    Submitted Static Types Are Dangerous as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  4. allenleein · 2019-12-22

    Submitted It's Time to Start Writing as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  5. dhotson · 2019-12-23

    Submitted It's Time to Start Writing (2019) as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. zdw · 2019-12-22

    Submitted It's Time to Start Writing as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion

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