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Alice Maz
Personal blog · alicemaz.com/writingcultureprogramming
Alice Maz writes alice maz personal updates, a personal blog at alicemaz.com about culture and programming. Since 2017, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Economics of Minecraft”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Alice Maz's writing on Minecraft economics and on communication models. Commenters single out the Minecraft piece "Playing to Win" as a well-told real story about hacking a game economy.
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.
one of those whom cold makes wild
Most-linked posts?
- Economics of Minecraft8 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2017-12-22
- How I think when I think about programming2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-18
- A Priesthood of Programmers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-07-28
What Hacker News says?
I had the same leadership training with minecraft, leading factions in RP servers and trading with other cities, complete with alliances, trade deals, and wars. Eventually I became an OP and eventually an admin, with all the responsibilities that entails at the age of 13. But obviously EVE is another level of complexity. An interesting article related to minecraft economics can be read here: https://www.alicemaz.com…
Comment linking /writing/minecraft.html
on “Being the editor of a newspaper in Eve Online”Submitted Economics of Minecraft as a story · 642 points
HN discussionPlaying to Win: https://www.alicemaz.com/writing/minecraft.html A beautifully narrated real story about hacking the economy of Minecraft.
Comment linking /writing/minecraft.html
on “Ask HN: What are some blog posts that you have enjoyed going through?”Submitted How I think when I think about programming as a story · 65 points
HN discussionRelated/similar: This post by Alice Maz https://www.alicemaz.com/writing/splain.html describes two models of communication: emphasizing information sharing and harmonious emotional experience respectively. There are two perspectives, of "offering information" as a gift, and of status games / social signaling, with greater prevalence among certain people/subcultures, though as you say the two are probably mixed in pr…
Comment linking /writing/splain.html
on “I love you, HN, but you're toxic (2022)”Submitted A Priesthood of Programmers as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Alien Intelligences as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Playing to Win as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Playing to Win as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted “how I think when I think about programming” as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Economics of Minecraft as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Playing to Win as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Minecraft Economies (2021) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Priesthood of Programmers (2017) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Playing to Win: the joy of learning and exploiting complex systems (2017) as a story · 1 points
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