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Alex Rios
Personal blog · alexriosme.substack.comcareerprogramming
Alex Rios's personal blog at alexriosme.substack.com covers career and programming. Since 2026, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Engineer's cynicism is a symptom, not a personality”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-16, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a post about engineers' cynicism, which the commenter treats as a symptom. The only comment is a joking remark with a link and does not judge the writing.
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.
Insights on system design, engineering leadership, and navigating the Staff+ career path from 17+ years in the trenches.
Most-linked posts?
- Engineer's cynicism is a symptom, not a personality2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-02
What Hacker News says?
Actually, I think I'm pretty much done here. Cynicism is a symptom https://alexriosme.substack.com/p/engineers-cynicism-is-a-sy... Requesting a full ban please!
Comment linking /p/engineers-cynicism-is-a-symptom-not
on “Apple Sues OpenAI, Accusing It of Stealing Company Secrets”Submitted Engineer's cynicism is a symptom, not a personality as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The cost of caring about software as a story · 1 points
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