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Average Coder
Personal blog · mfontanini.github.ioprogrammingsystems
Average Coder is a personal blog at mfontanini.github.io about programming and systems. Since 2017, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Detecting and classifying template callback types in C++”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked pages are documentation for presenterm, a Markdown slideshow tool for the terminal, and its Mermaid diagram support. The comments discuss the tool rather than the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Random programming and networking stuff
Most-linked posts?
- Detecting and classifying template callback types in C++2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-06-12
- Presenterm: A Markdown terminal slideshow tool2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-03-10
What Hacker News says?
Mermaid is already supported natively, meaning the mermaid diagram output is rendered as actual images; no need for ascii diagrams https://mfontanini.github.io/presenterm/features/code/mermai...
Comment linking /presenterm/features/code/mermaid.html
on “Presenterm: Markdown Slideshows in the Terminal”Submitted Detecting and classifying template callback types in C++ as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI’ve used presenterm. Like it a lot. https://mfontanini.github.io/presenterm/
Comment linking /presenterm/
on “Show HN: MkSlides – Markdown to slides with a similar workflow to MkDocs”Submitted Presenterm: A Markdown terminal slideshow tool as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Detecting and classifying template callback types in C++ as a story · 1 points
HN discussion