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Ben Borgers
Personal blog · ben.page · on HN as benborgersprogrammingwritingproductivity
Ben Borgers's personal blog at ben.page covers programming, writing and productivity. Since 2024, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 30 times, most often “AI is an impediment to learning web development”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-06, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Ben Borgers' post about donating forks to a dining hall. The only comment just gives the published URL and does not judge the 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.
Most-linked posts?
- AI is an impediment to learning web development3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-07-21
- Donating forks to the dining hall3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-05-29
- Just Surf2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-07-24
- A DIY OpenClaw2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-06
- Every student is cheating with AI2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-08-17
What Hacker News says?
No idea, but the published url is much more normal: https://ben.page/forks
Comment linking /forks
on “Donating forks to the dining hall”Submitted Donating forks to the dining hall as a story · 591 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building an e-ink picture frame that displays an iCloud photo album as a story · 320 points
HN discussionSubmitted 60 kHz (2022) as a story · 250 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI is an impediment to learning web development as a story · 229 points
HN discussionSubmitted I've been loving Claude Code on the web as a story · 161 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I got scammed on Facebook Marketplace (2023) as a story · 130 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I love Laravel (2022) as a story · 52 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I love Tailwind CSS (2022) as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted ChatGPT Spoiled My Semester as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI is an impediment to learning web development as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Does coding with LLMs mean more microservices? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted We put the lying machine into the correct answer website as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Should Cursor be taught in college? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Every student is cheating with AI as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted College CS Classes Are Tragically Dull as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't Try on Thoughts as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Just Surf as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted just surf as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Give your agent feedback loops as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A DIY OpenClaw as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Donating Forks to the Dining Hall as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI is an impediment to learning web development as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things Go Downhill After We Leave (2022) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hash Tables, Explained Simply as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Every student is cheating with AI as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a DIY OpenClaw as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Coding agents write 90% of my code now as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't standardize your company's coding agents as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reverse-engineering my way to “Spotify Wrapped for your university meal plan” as a story · 1 points
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