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Andrew Schmelyun
Personal blog · aschmelyun.com/blogprogramminghardware
Andrew Schmelyun's personal blog at aschmelyun.com covers programming and hardware. Since 2022, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link his receipt printer projects, such as printing GitHub issues, a daily news feed and strangers' messages. Comments cite them only as related projects, with no judgement of the writing.
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.
Software engineer with too many ideas and a passion for tinkering.
Most-linked posts?
- I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-03-25
- Making the case for Laravel as a Next.js alternative3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-08-18
- Getting my daily news from a dot matrix printer3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-10-04
- I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-10-19
- AI is a fad and programming is dead2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-01
What Hacker News says?
This reminds me of a project for using a receipt printer to print of physical tickets of GitHub issues. https://aschmelyun.com/blog/i-built-a-receipt-printer-for-gi...
Comment linking /blog/i-built-a-receipt-printer-for-github-issues/
on “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)”Submitted Getting my daily news from a dot matrix printer as a story · 904 points
HN discussionLike this?? https://aschmelyun.com/blog/getting-my-daily-news-from-a-dot...
Comment linking /blog/getting-my-daily-news-from-a-dot-matrix-printer/
on “Guten: A Tiny Newspaper Printer”Submitted I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues as a story · 811 points
HN discussionA project I copied from a previous HN submitter: https://aschmelyun.com/blog/i-invited-strangers-to-message-m... I chose a different architecture + a YouTube livestream. Available from 6AM-9PM Pacific time to keep the printer from making noise while I sleep. All source code on GitHub.
Comment linking /blog/i-invited-strangers-to-message-me-through-a-receipt-printer/
on “Send me a message by printing it on my receipt printer”Submitted I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer as a story · 297 points
HN discussionSubmitted I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Getting my daily news from a dot matrix printer 2024 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Build Your Own Tools as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The crippling problem of being able to build whatever you want as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI is a fad and programming is dead as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Embracing the Monolith with Inertia.js as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making the case for Laravel as a Next.js alternative as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making the case for Laravel as a Next.js alternative as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making the case for Laravel as a Next.js alternative as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI is a fad and programming is dead as a story · 1 points
HN discussion