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Alexander C. Schreyer

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Alexander C. Schreyer writes [as], a personal blog at alexschreyer.net about programming and design. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Liquid Page – A bookmarklet to rearrange webpages – by [as]”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-25, and you can follow it by feed.

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6mentions?
4HN people?
2010–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2010

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked posts on engineering of cross-laminated timber, showing how strong and abuse-resistant it is and how it performs in earthquake and fire tests. Comments only link to them as supporting examples.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Alexander C. Schreyer's site featuring blog posts, projects, media, and a shop. My topics: SketchUp, AEC-CAD/BIM, Construction, Wood and Timber Engineering, Programming, Web Development, Photography and Design.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Liquid Page – A bookmarklet to rearrange webpages – by [as]
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-08-06

What Hacker News says?

  1. Also take a look how strong and abuse-resistant cross laminated timber is: https://alexschreyer.net/engineering/much-abuse-can-cross-la...

    Comment linking /engineering/much-abuse-can-cross-laminated-timber-clt-take/

    on “Wood pulp extract stronger than carbon fiber or Kevlar (2012)”
  2. Submitted Liquid Page – A bookmarklet to rearrange webpages – by [as] as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  3. Movies demonstrating how CLT building standup to earthquakes and fire: https://alexschreyer.net/engineering/much-abuse-can-cross-la...

    Comment linking /engineering/much-abuse-can-cross-laminated-timber-clt-take/

    on “Cross-Laminated Timber”
  4. Submitted How much abuse can Cross-Laminated Timber take? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Very nice - smooth and fast. Suggestions for version 0.2 and beyond, in increasing order of utility: Reset/Reset All buttons might be better named Undo and Reset Page. The element selector at the top left goes gray when I have a UX element highlighted for editing. This makes it seem like an inactive cosmetic element because I'm used to things being greyed out. It took me a few minutes to notice it as a button on fir…

    Comment linking /programming/liquid-page-a-bookmarklet-to-rearrange-webpages/

    on “Stylebot for Chrome: Web Developer Toolbar meets Greasemonkey”
  6. Submitted How to correctly create and use PDFs as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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