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Andreas Karlsson

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Andreas Karlsson writes Blabbin’, a personal blog at andreasjhkarlsson.github.io about programming and systems. Since 2023, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “4B If Statements”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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6mentions?
6HN people?
2023–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2023

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Only a bare pointer appears: a late-2023 post on this Jekyll blog, suggested to readers of a thread on lean software. The comment does not say what the post covers or judge its 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.

Thoughts

Most-linked posts?

  1. 4B If Statements
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-12-27
  2. 4B If Statements
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-02-10

What Hacker News says?

  1. You might hate/enjoy this then: https://andreasjhkarlsson.github.io/jekyll/update/2023/12/27...

    Comment linking /jekyll/update/2023/12/27/4-billion-if-statements.html

    on “A 2024 plea for lean software”
  2. Submitted 4B If Statements as a story · 1518 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted 4 billion if statements (2023) as a story · 638 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted 4B if statements – How to check if every 32 bit number is even or odd as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted 4B If Statements as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted 4B If Statements as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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