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Bas codes
Personal blog · bas.codes/posts · on HN as bascodesprogrammingdata
Bas codes is a personal blog at bas.codes about programming and data. Since 2022, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 42 times, most often “Understanding Attributes, Dicts and Slots in Python”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-12-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in an HN thread on great blogs by programmers. The only comment is about copying a list of links from that thread, so it says nothing about the site's 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.
Learn Python, SQL and Cloud Computing with Bas
Most-linked posts?
- Understanding Attributes, Dicts and Slots in Python4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-02-13
- Using Pulumi to Automatically Benchmark Cloud Providers3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-02-15
- A Comprehensive Guide to Slicing in Python3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-01-31
- Virtual Environments and Package Management in Python2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-17
- Everything you need to know about involuntary borgs in Python2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-05-31
- What to Expect from Python 3.11?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-30
- Understanding Decorators in Python2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-24
- Create Your Own Programming Language (Pt.I)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-03-09
- My Simple Kubernetes Setup for Side Projects2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-11-01
- All you need to know about Asterisks in Python – Bas codes2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-05-26
What Hacker News says?
EDIT: Paste this hacky snippet into your browser's console to save all of the links into your clipboard: (() => { let result = [...document.querySelectorAll('td a')] .map((link) => link && !link.href.includes('ycombinator') && !link.href.includes('javascript:void') ? link.href : '' ) .filter(Boolean); result = [...new Set(result)]; result.sort(); copy(result.join('\n\n')); })(); Just to help, here's a compiled-list…
Comment linking /posts/python-slicing
on “Ask HN: Great Blogs by Programmers”Submitted What to Expect from Python 3.11? as a story · 21 points
HN discussionShameless plug: https://bas.codes I just started to share my knowledge I have as a developer and trainer, so there is not much to see here, yet. I think the best article so far has been the one about slicing (it got a huge traffic spike from reddit): https://bas.codes/posts/python-slicing I would love to hear feedback to improve my writing.
Comment linking /posts/python-slicing
on “Ask HN: Great Blogs by Programmers”Submitted The Number Guessing Game Written in YAML as Lisp Interpreted with Python as a story · 20 points
HN discussionIt certainly depends on what's your definition of "easy". If you're coming with no experience in programming at all, nothing will be easy. There might be tools which focus on one programming language, but they would abstract away too much details of how web based apps work in general to really understand what you're doing. If you have some experience in a programming language or coming from just another field than w…
Comment linking /posts/python-anvil-twitter-stats
on “Ask HN: Easiest way to build a CRUD app?”Submitted Understanding Attributes, Dicts and Slots in Python as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Performance Benchmarks of Cloud Virtual Machines as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted What's New in Python 3.11? as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Comprehensive Guide to Slicing in Python as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Did Microsoft violate OSS licenses with CoPilot? as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Attributes, Dicts and Slots in Python as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted All you need to know about Asterisks in Python – Bas codes as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Decorators in Python as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Decorators in Python as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Simple Kubernetes Setup for Side Projects as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everything you need to know about involuntary borgs in Python as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using Pulumi to Automatically Benchmark Cloud Providers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding AWS Cloud Architecture by Overengineering a Hello World App as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Simple Kubernetes Setup for Side Projects as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everything you need to know about involuntary borgs in Python as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Avoiding and Recovering from Burnout as a Tech Worker as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Gentle Introduction to Testing with PyTest as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Virtual Environments and Package Management in Python as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Attributes, Dicts and Slots in Python as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Story Telling Behind the Number Guessing Game as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using Pulumi to Automatically Benchmark Cloud Providers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a RisingWave Connector for Django ORM as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Create Your Own Programming Language (Pt.I) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Build an Online Resume with an Auto-Updating PDF Version as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Black Friday Deals for the Python Community 2022 as a story · 2 points
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