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Brian Alexander Lee
Personal blog · prepend.com · on HN as prependprogrammingculturescience
Brian Alexander Lee writes PREPEND, a personal blog at prepend.com about programming, culture and science. Since 2020, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-10-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Technical and personal notes from Brian Alexander Lee, technologist/architect/software developer/data engineer/ api guy. Not a work site.
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> Some people will just sit and watch and do nothing unless instructed... that's bad. Some people will build stuff, but with obvious efficiency flaws and "bugs"... also bad. Some people identify what needs doing and get it done effectively but without trying to be perfect... that's good. Some personalities are better suited for programming, although I think hard work can overcome anything. I remember an old blog pos…
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on “Technical interview methods pale in comparison to playing Factorio with someone”Submitted I Want to Fix Goodreads as a story · 391 points
HN discussionhttp://prepend.com Technology and technology-adjacent culture posts a few times per year. Mostly around my interest in data, programming, APIs, cryptography, travel, books, and consulting (way back in the 00s).
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted Organizational Lock-In as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kilimanjaro Travel Logs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Scary Terrorism Math as a story · 2 points
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