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Ceci n'est pas un blog
Personal blog · cecinestpasun.com/entriescareerstartupsprogramming
Ceci n'est pas un blog is a personal blog at cecinestpasun.com about career, startups and programming. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “The life and death of a startup”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-20, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a 'Python Is Eating the World' thread as an example of Python packaging being recognised as a problem. The linked post appears to be about where the author sees Python heading.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The life and death of a startup2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-08-29
What Hacker News says?
Packaging is definitely recognized as an issue; e.g. here: https://cecinestpasun.com/entries/where-do-you-see-python-in...
Comment linking /entries/where-do-you-see-python-in-10-years/
on “Python Is Eating the World”Submitted The life and death of a startup as a story · 267 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why to ask questions at conferences as a story · 111 points
HN discussionSubmitted Autopsy of a slow train wreck as a story · 1 points
HN discussion