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Binstock on Software
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Binstock on Software is a personal blog at binstock.blogspot.com about programming. Since 2007, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Perfecting OO's Small Classes and Short Methods”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-11, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commenters link this blog for a post on keeping code small and for updates on the Jacobin JVM project, a minimal JVM written in Go. One comment also questions the unit-testing arguments in a linked article.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Thoughts on Software and Programming
Most-linked posts?
- Perfecting OO's Small Classes and Short Methods3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2008-04-24
- Is the popularity of unit tests waning?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-05-23
What Hacker News says?
You will probably enjoy this, then: http://binstock.blogspot.com/2008/04/perfecting-oos-small-cl...
Comment linking /2008/04/perfecting-oos-small-classes-and-short.html
on “Size is the best predictor of code quality”Submitted Is the popularity of unit tests waning? as a story · 13 points
HN discussionThe article that the author links to[1] is talking specifically about unit testing in Java. I'm not sure it has ever been that popular in Java to begin with, although there may have been buzz about it for a while. The arguments for its waning hinge on the idea that unit testing is hard and requires training and books. Refactoring legacy code for testability can be tough (or at least scary), but writing unit tests th…
Comment linking /2008/05/is-popularity-of-unit-tests-waning.html
on “Why the Popularity of Unit Testing is Waning”Submitted Perfecting OO's Small Classes and Short Methods as a story · 6 points
HN discussionseems his blogspot is also full of stuff http://binstock.blogspot.com/
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on “Jacobin: Minimal JVM written in Go and capable of running Java 17 classes”Submitted Jacobin JVM after 3½ years of Development as a story · 3 points
HN discussion"I have spent the last eight months researching the JVM--reading the docs and articles and doing exploratory coding in various languages with which to write the Jacobin JVM."[0] I wish I had the discipline to decide I wanted to do create a long-term pet project, spend months researching what kind of project and which programming language to implement it in, and to still be motivated enough to keep actively updating…
Comment linking /2021/08/a-whole-new-project-jvm.html
on “Jacobin: Minimal JVM written in Go and capable of running Java 17 classes”Submitted Beautiful Code vs. Readable Code as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe folks at the Jacobin JVM [0] project (a JVM written in Go) are working on the issue of size and the ability to have a fully functional JVM maintained by a small group of developers. Right now, per the latest post [1], they can run simple classes and expect to complete the interpreter in the next few months. [0] jacobin.org [1] http://binstock.blogspot.com/2023/02/jacobin-jvm-at-18-month...
Comment linking /2023/02/jacobin-jvm-at-18-months.html
on “Building a Minimalistic Virtual Machine”Submitted How the Jacobin JVM loads methods as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Object Calisthenics as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Keeping LOC and Tests in Balance as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Limitations of TDD as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bob Martin's "Clean Code" Reviewed as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't return status codes (or null) from your methods as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Fallacy of 100% Code Coverage as a story · 1 points
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