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Barrowclift
Personal blog · barrowclift.me/post · on HN as barrowcliftprogrammingdesign
Barrowclift is a personal blog at barrowclift.me about programming and design. Since 2018, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Fourth Annual iOS Music Player Showcase”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-13, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Barrowclift for practical how-to guides and in-depth roundups, including a WireGuard server setup on macOS and a survey of iOS music player apps.
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.
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Most-linked posts?
- Fourth Annual iOS Music Player Showcase3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-07-04
What Hacker News says?
This is a good guide to getting a WireGuard server working on macOS: https://barrowclift.me/post/wireguard-server-on-macos
Comment linking /post/wireguard-server-on-macos
on “WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6”Submitted Fourth Annual iOS Music Player Showcase as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIf self-promotion is allowed in this context, I'd like to suggest my own website as a good example: https://barrowclift.me
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on “Ask HN: What are some great personal blogs/portfolios?”Submitted Second Annual iOS Music Player Competition as a story · 1 points
HN discussionWhile I agree iOS 13’s Music.app is pretty shoddy in many respects, there’s plenty of alternatives other than Spotify that might better fit their requirements. (Marvis Pro, Soor, etc.) I consolidate the biggest players yearly in a review, which might be helpful for the author’s search: https://barrowclift.me/post/second-annual-ios-music-player-c...
Comment linking /post/second-annual-ios-music-player-competition
on “iOS 13's Music App Sucks”Submitted Eulogy for a Good Icon as a story · 1 points
HN discussionYou might already be aware but there is a range of alternative music players on iOS that focus on listening to a local music library. Doesn't help with dongles - but may fix your software issues. Here's a very in-depth showcase of your options: https://barrowclift.me/post/fourth-annual-ios-music-player-s... For me the killer feature of the desktop music.app is still the option to transcode to a lower bitrate during…
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on “My New Sony NW-A55 Walkman”Here's mine: https://barrowclift.me Hosted with Github Pages and Jekyll.
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on “Ask HN: Show your own blog/vlog”In another HN thread I found a link to https://barrowclift.me/post/fourth-annual-ios-music-player-s... - very helpful for future reference. Thanks all for the answers!
Comment linking /post/fourth-annual-ios-music-player-showcase/complete
on “Ask HN: Alternatives to Apple Music App?”