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but she's a girl... is a personal blog at rousette.org.uk about programming, productivity and culture. Since 2010, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-17, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers point to this blog's Emacs tag page, where its Emacs posts are collected, as reading for someone interested in how people use Emacs. Comments are brief and do not discuss the writing itself.
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Geeking out on tech, craft, films, photography, nature and cats since 2002. If you stick it out for long enough, blogs become cool again.
What Hacker News says?
Noorah's talk ( https://emacsconf.org/2020/talks/17/ , also recommended elsewhere in this thread) is a good one to look at. You might also like https://www.rousette.org.uk/tags/emacs and https://gretzuni.com/category/free-software/ . One of the things I like about Emacs is its versatility. Do you think the people you're talking to might be curious about some examples of how people have used Emacs? I think it's aweso…
Comment linking /tags/emacs
on “Ask HN: Looking for Emacs org-mode tutorial videos by women”Submitted NixOS and the Art of OS Configuration (2018) as a story · 168 points
HN discussionSubmitted The one true keyboard layout as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The 'Emacs from Scratch' Cycle as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Devilish fun with a modeless modal editing mode as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Keyboard Layout Updates and Meow · as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fun with Niri Window Manager as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Totem Keyboard as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crafted software as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A new backup strategy using restic as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using Texts to make Pandoc painless as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crafted Software as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do The Hard Thing First as a story · 1 points
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