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Brian Shih
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Brian Shih writes Patch Notes, a personal blog at brianshih.com about culture and startups. Since 2011, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Reader redesign: Terrible decision, or worst decision?”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Brian Shih's posts when discussing Google Reader's redesign, using an old-vs-new layout comparison as a reference. The comments cite the posts without evaluating the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Tracking strange new metas in tech and culture. Launched 4 years ago.
Most-linked posts?
- Reader redesign: Terrible decision, or worst decision?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-11-01
What Hacker News says?
This should probably link directly to the blog post, so it isn't lost in the future. http://brianshih.com/78073742
Comment linking /78073742
on “Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout”Submitted Ex Google PM criticizes new Reader layout as a story · 127 points
HN discussionhttp://brianshih.com/old-vs-new Oh, GReader, I miss you so much..
Comment linking /old-vs-new
on “Reader redesign: Terrible decision, or worst decision?”Submitted Reader redesign: Terrible decision, or worst decision? as a story · 35 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Google Reader as a story · 3 points
HN discussion