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Bill Karwin
Personal blog · karwin.blogspot.comprogrammingdata
Bill Karwin writes Keeping it Simple, a personal blog at karwin.blogspot.com about programming and data. Since 2009, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2012, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a reference for representing tree structures, like nested comments, in SQL. The one commenter cites it for the technique and notes the results need extra effort to sort.
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.
Being mindful of best practices in software development fundamentals can be more effective than adopting every latest technology.
What Hacker News says?
It's a way of representing trees (like nested comments) in SQL: http://karwin.blogspot.com/2010/03/rendering-trees-with-clos... Unfortunately, while it works, it requires extra effort to sort the results properly.
Comment linking /2010/03/rendering-trees-with-closure-tables.html
on “Propose HN: Screenshot Saturday”Submitted C Pointers Explained, Really (2012) as a story · 60 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Should You Use an ORM? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Next-Gen Databases as a story · 1 points
HN discussion