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Atul

Personal blog · blog.atulr.comprogrammingweb

Atul is a personal blog at blog.atulr.com about programming and web. Since 2018, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Announcing React/NodeGUI – Build Native Desktop Apps with JavaScript and CSS”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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12mentions?
5HN people?
2018–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 8 in 2019

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

Why HN links it

Linked in an Electron 7.0 thread as a reference for NodeGUI, a way to build React-style desktop UIs on Qt widgets without Electron. The comment cites it as a source, not as praise.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Announcing React/NodeGUI – Build Native Desktop Apps with JavaScript and CSS
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-08-15
  2. A simple API Rate limiter using Redis
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-01-15
  3. Simplified guide to using Docker for local development environment
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-05-29

What Hacker News says?

  1. jcelerier · 2019-10-25
    > QT-free (so that everything in that package is clearly LGPL) The immense majority of Qt is LGPL ; only these modules are GPL / commercial : https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtmodules.html#gpl-licensed-addons > with React-native built on top of QT-free widgets. https://blog.atulr.com/nodegui-intro/ though I still think that QtQuick (or even QtWidgets with https://www.kdab.com/declarative-widgets/ ) are much more readable and…

    Comment linking /nodegui-intro/

    on “Electron 7.0”
  2. atulanand94 · 2019-08-15

    Submitted Announcing React/NodeGUI – Build Native Desktop Apps with JavaScript and CSS as a story · 27 points

    HN discussion
  3. rgabs · 2019-06-02

    Submitted Simplified guide to using Docker for local development environment as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  4. atulanand94 · 2018-10-22

    Submitted 1/3-Beginners guide to React Renderers.How to build a renderer from scratch? as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  5. shahrk · 2020-03-12

    Submitted A simple API Rate limiter using Redis as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  6. tthisk · 2019-08-16

    Submitted NodeGUI and React NodeGUI – Build Native Desktop Apps with JavaScript and CSS as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. atulanand94 · 2019-05-29

    Submitted Simplified guide to using Docker for local development environment as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. atulanand94 · 2019-06-12

    Submitted Using React hooks with class components as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. atulanand94 · 2019-01-15

    Submitted An alternative approach to a simple and performant rate limiter using redis as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. atulanand94 · 2019-01-08

    Submitted Beginners guide to react custom renderers as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. atulanand94 · 2018-10-23

    Submitted 2/3 Beginners guide to React Renderers. Build your own renderer from scratch? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. atulanand94 · 2018-09-26

    Submitted Beginners Guide to Web Push Notifications Using Service Workers as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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