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Benjamin Tan Wei Hao

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Benjamin Tan Wei Hao writes Benjamin Tan's Learnings and Writings, a personal blog at benjamintan.io about programming. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.

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2015–2019first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2015

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

Why HN links it

Linked for posts on Phoenix WebSockets and Elixir web frameworks, including a short tutorial on writing your own WebSocket handler instead of using channels.

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What Hacker News says?

  1. Awesome list! I also did two presentations at RedDotRubyConf 2014 and RubyConf 2014 on Elixir: Rubyists! Have a sip of Elixir – http://www.confreaks.com/videos/5078-RubyConf2014-rubyists-h... Ruby + Elixir – Polyglot FTW! – http://www.confreaks.com/videos/3845-rdrc2014-ruby-elixir-po... Also, I'm writing a book on Elixir – http://www.exotpbook.com Finally, I've done a few posts of Elixir – http://benjamintan.io/blog…

    Comment linking /blog/tags/elixir/

    on “Metaprogramming Elixir”
  2. Submitted The Story of the Little Elixir and OTP Guidebook – Part I as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. Most awesome thing is that everything is opt-in. You don't want the channel mechanism? No problem, just write a handler yourself with your own logic and quirks. Here is a short tutorial on this: http://benjamintan.io/blog/2014/02/12/phoenix-elixir-web-fra... At the same time, if channels fit what you want to do, they're awesome. Adding collaborative editing is super easy.

    Comment linking /blog/2014/02/12/phoenix-elixir-web-framework-and-websockets/

    on “Phoenix WebSockets under a Microscope”
  4. Submitted Ruby Block Patterns and How to Implement File.open as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted A (almost) perfect Elm development environment with Spacemacs as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Using PyCharm CE in Docker for Great Good as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted How Does Symbol#to_proc Work in Ruby? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted How to Build Streams in Elixir Easily with Stream.resource/3 Awesomeness as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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