Hacker Blogs
Work in progress: 15,409 of 181,233 sites checked so far, more every week · updated 2 Nov 2026Missing a blog? Tell us

Top all-time · #2519

C

Call Me Fishmeal.

Personal blog · wilshipley.comprogrammingcareerculture

Call Me Fishmeal. is a personal blog at wilshipley.com about programming, career and culture. Since 2007, 33 different Hacker News readers have linked it 37 times, most often “I test drove a Tesla”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

Visit the blog
37mentions?
33HN people?
2007–2012first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 12 in 2008

I write software. I'm obsessive-compulsive. I like good stuff. Kittens are fuzzy.

Most-linked posts?

  1. I test drove a Tesla
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2008-09-28
  2. On Heuristics and Human Factors
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-11-30
  3. Wil Shipley on TED 2010: Wolfram uses conversation tracking numbers
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-03-14
  4. Free Programming Tips are Worth Every Penny.
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2007-10-22
  5. MacBook Air Haters: Suck My Dick
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-02-05
  6. IPhone App Store: Let the Market Decide
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-09-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. m0nastic · 2010-08-17
    I'm hoping some day that he goes into more detail about the system he uses to catalog conversations. I'm actually trying to work on a project similar to that. Wil Shipley talked about it upon meeting him at Ted in this blog entry: http://wilshipley.com/blog/2010/03/ted-2010.html (towards the bottom of the entry)

    Comment linking /blog/2010/03/ted-2010.html

    on “Stephen Wolfram Uses This”
  2. swilliams · 2010-03-03

    Submitted Wil Shipley on Apple's Patent Enforcement as a story · 193 points

    HN discussion
  3. cubicle67 · 2011-10-29
    Wil Shipley (long time indie OSX dev) agrees http://wilshipley.com/blog/2008/09/tesla-v-supercharged-lotu...

    Comment linking /blog/2008/09/tesla-v-supercharged-lotus-elise.html

    on “Tesla’s Musk Says Model S Sold Out; Should Turn Profit in 2013”
  4. yters · 2008-09-29

    Submitted Wil Shipley on OCD and depression as a story · 64 points

    HN discussion
  5. losvedir · 2010-10-23
    This is my question, too! I want one... Wil Shipley blogged a couple years ago here: http://wilshipley.com/blog/2008/01/macbook-air-haters-suck-m... about developing his Delicious Library app on his Air. The post itself is a bit much, but there's an addendum at the bottom with some compile stats. Namely, the Air (because he got an SSD) compiled Delicious Library faster than his Macbook Pro. But I would love to hear…

    Comment linking /blog/2008/01/macbook-air-haters-suck-my-dick.html

    on “Ask HN: anyone using the new MacBook Air as your main development machine?”
  6. astrec · 2008-09-28

    Submitted I test drove a Tesla as a story · 64 points

    HN discussion
  7. bootload · 2008-11-30
    and - http://www.wilshipley.com/blog/ - http://blog.dawdle.com/

    Comment linking /blog/

    on “Ask HN: List of Hacker Blogs?”
  8. naish · 2008-07-08

    Submitted The Greatest Bug of All as a story · 54 points

    HN discussion
  9. tlrobinson · 2008-09-29
    At TED a year and a half ago: http://wilshipley.com/blog/2007/03/ted2007-days-3-4.html

    Comment linking /blog/2007/03/ted2007-days-3-4.html

    on “I test drove a Tesla”
  10. twampss · 2009-08-21

    Submitted Pimp My Code, Part 16: On Heuristics and Human Factors as a story · 50 points

    HN discussion
  11. chadgeidel · 2011-03-31
    Wil Shipley sold his Elise SC (supercharged - about 250 HP in a ~2100 pound package) because the Tesla roadster was faster around an autocross track. http://wilshipley.com/blog/2008/09/tesla-v-supercharged-lotu...

    Comment linking /blog/2008/09/tesla-v-supercharged-lotus-elise.html

    on “Tesla loses plot, sues Top Gear”
  12. bootload · 2009-01-12

    Submitted Free programming tips are worth every penny as a story · 49 points

    HN discussion
  13. sudont · 2010-12-10
    Wil Shipley used this image in a 2005 WWDC talk to rebut the claims that Cocoa developers weren't doing well: http://i.imgur.com/Q9c13.jpg http://wilshipley.com/blog/2005/06/student-talk-from-wwdc-20...

    Comment linking /blog/2005/06/student-talk-from-wwdc-2005.html

    on “The iOS and Android App Economies”
  14. __ · 2008-02-05

    Submitted MacBook Air Haters: Suck My Dick as a story · 39 points

    HN discussion
  15. gcheong · 2009-03-19
    My "crap app" got rejected for being of "minimal functionality" even though it duplicates the functionality of a physical device found in many restrooms in Japan, so it seems Apple is indiscriminately applying their policies regardless of application quality, leading to some making it through and others not. Case in point: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/03/16/apple-rejects-free-... I would hardly call this as ha…

    Comment linking /blog/2008/09/iphone-app-store-let-market-decide.html

    on “Apple's Joswiak: Wundrbar is Very Special”
  16. mark_h · 2010-03-14

    Submitted Wil Shipley on TED 2010: Wolfram uses conversation tracking numbers as a story · 38 points

    HN discussion
  17. ganley · 2009-08-27
    A few of my favorites that I didn't see people list; note that many of these are sort of combined personal blogs and programming-related (like mine - http://joeganley.com ): - http://wilshipley.com - http://lbrandy.com - http://nedbatchelder.com - http://www.teamten.com/lawrence/writings/

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: What are the best developer/hacker focused blogs?”
  18. bazookaaa · 2008-07-30

    Submitted “The Mojave Experiment:” Bad Science, Bad Marketing as a story · 31 points

    HN discussion
  19. etal · 2008-11-21
    The blogosphere seems pretty pleased with the Tesla Roadster, from what I've seen: http://wilshipley.com/blog/2008/09/tesla-v-supercharged-lotu... http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/11/17/tesla-roadst...

    Comment linking /blog/2008/09/tesla-v-supercharged-lotus-elise.html

    on “California to set up a $1B electric car network”
  20. naish · 2009-10-21

    Submitted Pimp My Code, Part 17: Lost in Translations as a story · 29 points

    HN discussion
  21. jimbokun · 2007-06-14
    Wil Shipley on unit tests: http://wilshipley.com/blog/2005/09/unit-testing-is-teh-suck-urr.html I think what he's saying is unit tests don't add much if you are doing UI type development. It is hard to write unit tests for UIs (web or GUI), so if most of your code is UI code, don't bother. However, if you are writing a library that will be used by a lot of coders, unit tests are probably indispensable. Otherwise, yo…

    Comment linking /blog/2005/09/unit-testing-is-teh-suck-urr.html

    on “Is the development of automated tests a waste of time for a startup?”
  22. DanHulton · 2009-05-24

    Submitted Wonderful yet purely Hypothetical iTunes App Store Guidelines as a story · 18 points

    HN discussion
  23. hboon · 2010-09-07
    Talking about Samurai and coding. I prefer Wil Shipley's take at http://www.wilshipley.com/blog/2005/02/free-programming-tips... .

    Comment linking /blog/2005/02/free-programming-tips-are-worth-every.html

    on “The samurai principle in coding”
  24. bootload · 2009-11-26

    Submitted You've Gotta Fight for Your Right to... OLPC as a story · 15 points

    HN discussion
  25. nickb · 2007-10-22

    Submitted Free Programming Tips are Worth Every Penny. as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  26. llimllib · 2008-09-23

    Submitted IPhone App Store: Let the Market Decide as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  27. DeusExMachina · 2010-06-14

    Submitted Unit testing is teh suck, Urr. as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  28. wallflower · 2009-12-22

    Submitted Pimp My Code, Part 15: The Greatest Bug of All as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  29. paul · 2007-06-01

    Submitted Pimp My Code, Part 14: Be Inflexible! as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  30. comatose_kid · 2008-04-13

    Submitted It's just a story as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion

Search all of HN for wilshipley.com

Linked by the same people?