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Brad Dickason
Personal blog · bdickason.com/postscareerproductivitydesign
Brad Dickason writes brad dickason, a personal blog at bdickason.com about career, productivity and design. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Speed Is the Killer Feature”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Brad Dickason's posts on fast software, most often "speed is the killer feature", and on tools being a distraction. Most comments cite these posts as support for their own points.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
brad dickason writes and makes videos about creativity, intuition, and product — balancing head and heart after a long career in tech.
Most-linked posts?
- Speed Is the Killer Feature5 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2021-03-02
What Hacker News says?
related: https://bdickason.com/posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/
Comment linking /posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/
on “Fast”Submitted Speed Is the Killer Feature as a story · 569 points
HN discussionYes, do it! Hugo is great because it's fast. [1] Fast software is the best software. [2] (Comments: [3]) Speed is the killer feature. [4] (Comments: [5]) Slow software is an opportunity for competitors. [6] [1]: https://gavinhoward.com/2019/12/performance-matters-jekyll-v... [2]: https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/ [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20517144 [4]: https://bdickason.com/posts/speed-is-th…
Comment linking /posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/
on “No More Medium – Build Your Own Site (2019)”Submitted Tools Are a Distraction as a story · 8 points
HN discussionEspecially when used incorrectly. Correct URL: https://bdickason.com/posts/tools-are-a-distraction/
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on “Tools Are a Distraction”Submitted Small Teems Win as a story · 3 points
HN discussionLots of fun toys. Nothing productive :D Revamped my blog to have a funky 3d background and animated cursor after years of minimalism: https://bdickason.com A little screensaver inspired by After Dark: https://bdickason.com/static/experiments/flying-stuff/ A little toy using (mobile) screen tilt: https://qwertle.bdickason.com A funky RTS designed for mobile: https://chasm-nine.vercel.app/ A start of a little 3D RPG:…
Comment linking /static/experiments/flying-stuff/
on “Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI”Submitted Don’t set vision, set direction as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAt https://bdickason.com/posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/ "A vibrant screen that responded instantly when you tapped replaced cramped keyboards." I tentatively assume this results from a partial edit. Something to do with "replaced your dumbphone and tapped on cramped keyboards" or just maybe the slightly non sequitur "replaced erroneous characters on cramped keyboards"? Parse errors aside, "Design Tools - Users a…
Comment linking /posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/
on “Fast Machines, Slow Machines”Submitted Take Charge of Your Promotion as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI am right there with the author, all the way. I run a machine with lots of RAM and a hefty CPU and a monster GPU and an SSD for my Linux install and...a pair of HDD's with ZFS managing them as a mirror. Wat. [1] I also have Windows on a separate drive...that is also an HDD. Double wat. My Linux is snappy, but I also run the most minimal of things: I run the Awesome Window Manager with no animations. I run OpenRC wi…
Comment linking /posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/
on “Fast Machines, Slow Machines”Submitted How to gather great feedback from your power users as a story · 3 points
HN discussionBecause Git was faster. This mattered because speed is the killer feature [1], and speed is often seen by users as a proxy for reliability [2]. [1]: https://bdickason.com/posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/ [2]: https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/
Comment linking /posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/
on “GitHub CLI now collects pseudoanonymous telemetry”Submitted Speed Is the Killer Feature as a story · 2 points
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